baptist

Speech parts

1. baptist - Noun

2. baptist - Adjective

Meaning

One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.

One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

christianity methodist lutheran quaker benedictine christian dipper protestant alliance calvinist communion anglican batiste adventist anabaptist
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Hypernyms

protestant

Hyponyms

dunker Southern Baptist Dunkard tunker Northern Baptist

Related terms

baptize anabaptist baptism baptismal anabaptism baptistry

Phrases with the word

the Baptist Missionary Baptist Scotch Baptist Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptist german baptist brethren feast of saint john the baptist

Anagrams

batspit

Examples

In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”. John the Baptist

You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. Lyndon B. Johnson

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background. Tim McGraw

It is the obligation of Westboro Baptist Church to put the cup of God's fury to America's lips, and cause America to drink it. And you will drink it! Fred Phelps

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough. Kinky Friedman

You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith. William Faulkner

Close letter words and terms

baptismal sacrament baptismal service baptismally baptist belief Baptist cakes Baptist Church