Baptist
See also: baptist
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Noun edit
Baptist (countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)
- 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 edit
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.
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adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity
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Adjective edit
Baptist (comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)
- Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.
Translations edit
of the Baptist religious denomination
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).
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Proper noun edit
Baptist m (proper noun, strong, genitive Baptist or Baptistä)
- (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 edit
From English Baptist, eventually derived from the same Latin and Greek etyma as in etymology 1.
Noun edit
Baptist m (weak, genitive Baptisten, plural Baptisten, feminine Baptistin)
- (Christianity) Baptist (male or of unspecified gender) (member of a Baptist church or denomination)
Declension edit
Declension of Baptist [masculine, weak]
Related terms edit
- 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