Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.

    Baptist, Baptistin

    бапти́стbaptíst, бапти́сткаbaptístka

    бапти́стbaptýst, бапти́сткаbaptýstka

More definitions
  • follower of Baptistic doctrines

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Baptists reject infant baptism.

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  2. Sami was brought up a Baptist Christian.

  3. Sami joined a Baptist church in Ontario.

  4. John the Baptist was the first Baptist.

    ruПервым баптистом был Иоанн Креститель. — Ivanovb

  5. Christians identify John the Baptist with the prophet Elijah.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity:
Русский
By meaning 1
adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity:

Forms

plural: Baptists
SingularBaptist
PluralBaptists

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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