Baptist

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    follower of Baptistic doctrines
  • Adjective:
    of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church

Word Origin

baptist (n.)
c. 1200, "one who baptizes;" see baptize + -ist. As "member of a Protestant sect that believes in adult baptism by immersion" (with capital B-), attested from 1654; their opponents called them anabaptists.

Example

1. His daddy was a baptist minister .
2. Hong kong baptist university salary and grading structure for non-teaching staff .
3. Auditions for the beulah baptist church choir are still open .
4. The pharisees fasted , the disciples of john the baptist fasted .
5. His father was a baptist minister .

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