ALL meanings of anabaptist
An·a·bap·tist
A a - noun 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 3
- noun anabaptist a member of a later Protestant sect holding the same doctrines, esp with regard to baptism 3
- adjective anabaptist of or relating to these movements or sects or their doctrines 3
- noun anabaptist a member of a radical 16th-cent. sect of the Reformation originating in Switzerland, often persecuted because they opposed the taking of oaths, infant baptism, military service, and the holding of public office 3
- adjective anabaptist of this sect 3
- noun anabaptist a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state. 1
- noun anabaptist Archaic. Baptist (def 1). 1
- adjective anabaptist of or relating to Anabaptists or Anabaptism. 1
- noun anabaptist (1811) A pickpocket caught in the act, and punished with the discipline of the pump or horse-pond. 1
- noun anabaptist (Obsolete (No longer in use)) SLA A pickpocket caught in the act, and punished with the discipline of the pump or horse-pond. 0