Anabaptist

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.

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

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Ana·baptism n.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

n → Anabaptist(in) m(f), → Wiedertäufer(in) m(f)