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Bap⋅tist

   [bap-tist]
–noun
1. a member of a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine.
2. (lowercase) a person who baptizes.
3. the Baptist. John the Baptist.
–adjective
4. Also, Bap⋅tis⋅tic. of or pertaining to Baptists or their doctrines or practices.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME baptiste < OF < LL baptista < Gk baptists, equiv. to bapt(ízein) to baptize + -istēs -ist
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Bap·tist     (bāp'tĭst)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A member of an evangelical Protestant church of congregational polity, following the reformed tradition in worship, and believing in individual freedom, in the separation of church and state, and in baptism of voluntary, conscious believers.
  2. baptist One that baptizes.


[Middle English, baptizer, from Old French baptiste, from Late Latin baptista, from Greek baptistēs, from baptizein, to baptize; see baptize.]

Bap'tist adj.
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baptist

noun
follower of Baptistic doctrines 

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St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 95) Location: 30.11824 N, 90.50189 W
Population (1990): 39996 (14255 housing units)
Area: 567.0 sq km (land), 334.0 sq km (water)

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Baptist

Bap"tist\, n. [L. baptista, G. ?]

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

2. 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.

Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation. --Amer. Cyc.

Freewill Baptists, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion.

Seventh-day Baptists, a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See Sabbatarian. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists.

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