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baptist

Bap·tist
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bap-tist]
    • /ˈbæp tɪst/
    • /ˈbæp.tɪst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bap-tist]
    • /ˈbæp tɪst/

Definitions of baptist word

  • countable noun baptist A Baptist is a Christian who believes that people should not be baptized until they are old enough to understand the meaning of baptism. 3
  • adjective baptist Baptist means belonging or relating to Baptists. 3
  • noun baptist a member of any of various Christian sects that affirm the necessity of baptism (usually of adults and by immersion) following a personal profession of the Christian faith 3
  • adjective baptist denoting, relating to, or characteristic of any Christian sect that affirms the necessity of baptism following a personal profession of the Christian faith 3
  • noun baptist a person who baptizes 3
  • noun baptist a member of a Protestant denomination holding that baptism should be given only to believers after confession of faith and by immersion rather than sprinkling 3
See all 13 definitions of baptist

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Origin of baptist

First appearance:

before 1150
One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English baptiste < Old French < Late Latin baptista < Greek baptistḗs, equivalent to bapt(ízein) to baptize + -istēs -ist

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Parts of speech for Baptist

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preposition
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Full grammatical hierarchy of Baptist

baptist popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

baptist usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • baptistery

    a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing

  • catabaptist

    a person who is opposed to baptism.

  • conservative baptist

    a member of a Protestant denomination (Conservative Baptist Association of America) organized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1948.

  • primitive baptist

    (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.

  • southern baptist

    a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.

  • anabaptist

    a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism
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