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Anabaptist

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An·a·bap·tist  (n-bptst)
n.
A member of a radical movement of the 16th-century Reformation that viewed baptism solely as an external witness to a believer's conscious profession of faith, rejected infant baptism, and believed in the separation of church from state, in the shunning of nonbelievers, and in simplicity of life.

[From Late Greek anabaptizein, to baptize again : Greek ana-, ana- + Greek baptizein, to baptize (from baptein, to dip).]

Ana·baptism n.

Anabaptist [ˌænəˈbæptɪst]
n
1. (Christianity / Protestantism) a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism
2. (Christianity / Protestantism) a member of a later Protestant sect holding the same doctrines, esp with regard to baptism
adj
of or relating to these movements or sects or their doctrines
[from Ecclesiastical Latin anabaptista, from anabaptīzāre to baptize again, from Late Greek anabaptizein; see ana-, baptize]
Anabaptism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Anabaptist - adherent of Anabaptism
Anabaptist denomination - a Protestant sect denying infant baptism and baptising only believers
Mennonite - a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life
Protestant - an adherent of Protestantism
Translations
Anabaptist
nAnabaptist(in) m(f), → Wiedertäufer(in) m(f)


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