'Seventh-day Baptists' definitions:
Definition of 'Seventh-day Baptists'
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- 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
Definition of 'Seventh-day Baptists'
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- Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, n. [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F. sabbataire. See Sabbath.]
- 1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue. [1913 Webster]
- Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the {Seventh-day Baptists}, hold it now. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A strict observer of the Sabbath. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seventh-day Baptists'
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- Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From Seven: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
- 1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others. [1913 Webster]
- On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part. [1913 Webster]
- Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
- Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist. [1913 Webster]