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baptist definition

bap·tist (bap′tist)

noun

  1. a person who baptizes
  2. a member of a Protestant denomination holding that baptism should be given only to believers after confession of faith and by immersion rather than sprinkling

Etymology: ME & OFr baptiste < LL (Ec) baptista, a baptizer (esp. John the Baptist) < Gr baptistēs: see baptize

baptist Idioms

the Baptist

John the Baptist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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