baptist
see also: Baptist
Etymology
Baptist
Pronunciation Noun
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see also: Baptist
Etymology
From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from el. -, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής.
Pronunciation Nounbaptist (plural baptists)
- A person who baptizes.
- French: baptiseur, baptiseuse, baptiste, baptisateur, baptisatrice,
- German: Täufer, Täuferin, Täuferinn (obsolete)
- Portuguese: batista, baptista (obsolete)
- Russian: крести́тель
- Spanish: bautista
Baptist
Pronunciation Noun
baptist
- An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.
baptist
- Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.
- French: baptiste
- German: baptistisch, Baptisten- (in compound words)
- Portuguese: batista
- Russian: бапти́стский
- Spanish: bautista
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