Anabaptist
A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a…A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.
» Tom abandoned Buddhism and became an Anabaptist.
Meaning
2 sensesA member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.
Wiedertäufer, Wiedertäuferin, Anabaptist
анабапти́стanabaptíst, анабапти́сткаanabaptístka
A member of any of several present-day churches descended from that origin.
Täufer, Täuferin
- adherent of Anabaptism
Examples
3 sentencesTom abandoned Buddhism and became an Anabaptist.
Tom is an Anabaptist.
His highness has within his principality Lutherans, Calvinists, Quakers, Anabaptists, and even Jews; and you wish that he would admit Unitarians?
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself froFrom New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”), equivalent to ana- + Baptist.
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