'Baptist' definitions:
Definition of 'Baptist'
From: WordNet
noun
Follower of Baptistic doctrines
Definition of 'Baptist'
From: GCIDE
- Baptist \Bap"tist\ (b[a^]p"t[i^]st), n. [L. baptista, Gr. baptisth`s.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation. --Amer. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
- Freewill Baptists, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion.
- Seventh-day Baptists, a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See Sabbatarian. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists. [1913 Webster] Baptistery
Words containing 'Baptist'
- Baptistic,
- Baptistical,
- baptists,
- Freewill Baptists,
- German Baptists,
- Particular Baptist,
- arminian baptist,
- baptist church,
- baptist denomination,
- baptistic doctrine,
- calvinistic baptist,
- general baptist,
- john the baptist,
- northern baptist,
- southern baptist,
- St. John the Baptist,
- american baptist convention,
- jean baptiste lully,
- jean baptiste racine,
- northern baptist convention,
- southern baptist convention,
- Seventh-day Baptists,
- St. John the Baptist Parish,
- St. John the Baptist, LA,
- jean baptiste camille corot,
- jean baptiste de lamarck,
- jean baptiste joseph fourier,
- jean-baptiste poquelin,
- St. John the Baptist Parish, LA,
- baron jean baptiste joseph fourier,
- jean baptiste donatien de vimeur