Baptist

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæptɪst/
• (US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/

Baptist (countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)

1. 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.

There is no single common term, either a single word or a phrase, for the Baptist denominations of Christianity. Terms such as Baptistdom and Baptistism see occasional use but are not accepted as standard.

• Christian
• Protestant

Baptist (comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)

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

• Amish (Amishman, Amishwoman)
• Amish Mennonite
• Hutterite
• Mennonite

• batspit

• IPA^(key): /bapˈtɪst/

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

• Baptista

Baptist m (proper noun, strong, genitive Baptist or Baptistä)

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

   Synonym: (Johannes der Täufer ― John the Baptist) der Täufer

   Johann Baptist ― John the Baptist

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

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

1. (Christianity) Baptist (male or of unspecified gender) (member of a Baptist church or denomination)