English edit

Etymology edit

cata- +‎ baptist

Noun edit

Catabaptist (plural Catabaptists)

  1. (obsolete) One who opposes baptism.
    • c. 1644, Daniel Featley, The Dippers Dipt, Or, the Anabaptists Duck'd and Plung'd Over Head and Ears, at a Disputation in Southwark:
      A Catabaptist may sometimes be no Anabaptist, such as was Leo Copronymus, who defiled the Font at his baptisme,

References edit

Catabaptist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.