Baptist

See also: baptist

English

Noun

Baptist (countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)

  1. A Protestant denomination of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers, as opposed to the baptism of infants.
  2. An adherent of this denomination.

Hypernyms

Adjective

Baptist (comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)

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

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bapˈtɪst/

Etymology 1

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Baptist m (genitive Baptist or Baptistä)

  1. (Christianity, archaic) the Baptist (title of Saint John the Baptist)
    Johann Baptist ― John the Baptist
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From English Baptist, eventually derived from the same Latin and Greek etyma as in etymology 1.

Noun

Baptist m (genitive Baptisten, plural Baptisten, feminine Baptistin)

  1. (Christianity) Baptist (follower of the Baptist denomination)
Declension
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