Baptist

See also: baptist

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæptɪst/
• (US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/

Noun

Baptist (countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)

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.

Usage notes

There is no single common term, either a single word or a phrase, for the Baptist denominations of Christianity. Terms such as Baptistdom and Baptistism see occasional use but are not accepted as standard.

Hypernyms

• Christian
• Protestant

Hyponyms

• Primitive Baptist
• Separate Baptist
• Seventh Day Baptist

 

Derived terms

• Baptist cakes

 

Related terms

• Anabaptism
• Anabaptist
• Anabaptistic
• Anabaptistically
• baptise
• baptiser
• baptism
• baptist
• baptize
• baptizer
• credobaptist
• paedobaptist
• rebaptise
• rebaptiser
• rebaptize
• rebaptizer

 

Translations

adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浸禮會教友／浸礼会教友 (jìnlǐhuì jiàoyǒu)

• Finnish: baptisti (fi)
• French: baptiste (fr) m or f
• German: Baptist (de) m, Baptistin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: βᾰπτῐστής m (baptistḗs)

• Hungarian: baptista (hu)
• Italian: battista (it) m or f
• Kazakh: баптист (baptist)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: baptist m

• Polish: baptysta m, baptystka f
• Russian: бапти́ст (ru) m (baptíst), бапти́стка (ru) f (baptístka)
• Swedish: baptist (sv) c

Adjective

Baptist (comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)

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

Translations

of the Baptist religious denomination

• Catalan: baptista m or f
• Dutch: baptistisch
• Esperanto: baptisma (eo)
• Finnish: baptisti (fi)
• French: baptiste (fr)
• German: baptistisch, Baptisten- (in compound words)
• Hungarian: baptista (hu)
• Korean: 침례교 (chimnyegyo)
• Polish: baptystyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: batista (pt)
• Romanian: baptist (ro)
• Russian: бапти́стский (ru) (baptístskij)
• Spanish: bautista (es)
• Swedish: baptistisk
• Yiddish: באַפּטיסטיש (baptistish)

See also

• Amish (Amishman, Amishwoman)
• Amish Mennonite
• Hutterite
• Mennonite

Anagrams

• batspit

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bapˈtɪst/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Alternative forms

• Baptista

Proper noun

Baptist m (proper noun, strong, genitive Baptist or Baptistä)

1. (Christianity, archaic) the Baptist (title of Saint John the Baptist)

   Synonym: (Johannes der Täufer ― John the Baptist) der Täufer

   Johann Baptist ― John the Baptist

Etymology 2

From English Baptist, eventually derived from the same Latin and Greek etyma as in etymology 1.

Noun

Baptist m (weak, genitive Baptisten, plural Baptisten, feminine Baptistin)

1. (Christianity) Baptist (male or of unspecified gender) (member of a Baptist church or denomination)

Declension

Declension of Baptist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Baptist	die	Baptisten
genitive	eines	des	Baptisten	der	Baptisten
dative	einem	dem	Baptisten	den	Baptisten
accusative	einen	den	Baptisten	die	Baptisten

Related terms

• arminianischer Baptist
• Baptismus
• Baptist des freien Willens
• Baptist des siebenten Tages
• Baptist des siebenten Tags
• Baptistengemeinde
• Baptistengruppierung
• Baptistenkirche
• Baptistentum
• baptistisch
• Bibel-Baptist
• calvinistischer Baptist
• Frei-Willlens-Baptist
• freier Baptist
• freiwilliger Baptist
• General-Baptist
• Generalbaptist
• kalvinistischer Baptist
• Particular-Baptist
• Particularbaptist
• Partikular-Baptist
• Partikularbaptist
• primitiver Baptist
• reformierter Baptist
• regulärer Baptist
• Siebenten-Tages-Baptist
• Siebenten-Tags-Baptist