baptist

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see also: Baptist

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Etymology

From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from el. -, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæptɪst/
• (America, dialectal) IPA: /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/

Noun

baptist (plural baptists)

1. A person who baptizes.

Translations

• French: baptiseur, baptiseuse, baptiste, baptisateur, baptisatrice,
• German: Täufer, Täuferin, Täuferinn (obsolete)
• Portuguese: batista, baptista (obsolete)
• Russian: крести́тель
• Spanish: bautista

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Baptist

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæptɪst/
• (America, dialectal) IPA: /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/

Noun

baptist

1. 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.

Translations

• French: baptiste
• German: Baptist, Baptistin
• Italian: battista
• Russian: бапти́ст

Adjective

baptist

1. Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

Translations

• French: baptiste
• German: baptistisch, Baptisten- (in compound words)
• Portuguese: batista
• Russian: бапти́стский
• Spanish: bautista

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