Anabaptist
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- adherent of Anabaptism
Word Origin
- Anabaptist (n.)
- 1530s, "one who baptizes over again," from Modern Latin anabaptista, from Latin anabaptismus "second baptism" (used in literal sense from 4c.; see anabaptism). Originally in English in reference to sect that practiced adult baptism and arose in Germany 1521. Probably so called because, as a new faith, they baptized converts who already had been baptized (as infants) in the older Christian churches. Modern branches only baptize once (adults) and do not actively seek converts. The name also was applied, usually opprobriously, to Baptists, perhaps due to the multiple immersions of their baptisms.
Example
- 1. an orthodox Anabaptist sect that separated from the Mennonites in the late17th century and exists today primarily in southeast Pennsylvania
- 2. formed from the Anabaptist movement in the 16th century ;
- 3. An orthodox Anabaptist sect that separated from the Mennonites in the late17th century and exists today primarily in Southeast pennsylvania .
- 4. However , having recently burned ten members of the ultra - Protestant Anabaptist movement , the regime of Henry VIII could hardly present itself as an advocate of religious freedom .