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baptist

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbæptɪst/ / /ˈbæbtɪst/ / /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/

adj

  1. Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

    One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

  1. A person who baptizes.