单词 | anabaptist |
释义 | Anabaptistn.adj. Christian Church. A. n. 1. A member of various Christian groups who trace their origins to the radical reformation movement in Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries in the 16th century, characterized by a strict adherence to Bible teachings, and the belief that baptism is only valid when administered to people old enough to fully understand the sacrament.Groups such as the Mennonites, the Amish, and the Hutterites are descendants of the early Anabaptist movement. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Baptists > [noun] > person Anabaptist1531 rebaptizer?1535 Catabaptist1561 dipper1617 Dopper1631 rebaptist1641 Wederdoper1647 baptist1654 waterman1657 rebaptisant1728 1531 Bp. W. Barlow Dyaloge Lutheran Faccyons sig. g3v The thyrde faccyon be callyd Anabaptistes, because they are twyes chrystened. 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. Ep. Ded. sig. πA2 The illuminated Anabaptists who blasphemously affirme the baptisme of children to be the marke of the Beast. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 225 The Anabaptists of Munster..had filled Germany with confusion by their system of levelling and their wild opinions concerning property. View more context for this quotation 1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. lvi. 264 We dined at a farmhouse.., the property of Anabaptists, a sect most numerous in Götland. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 905/1 The Anabaptists were great readers of Revelation and of the Epistle of James. 2007 Intelligencer Jrnl. (Lancaster, PA) (Nexis) 28 July d1 The Rev. Lloyd Hoover..has participated and helped coordinate three reconciliation meetings..between American Anabaptists—primarily Amish and Mennonites—and about 40 pastors of the Swiss Reformed Church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Baptists > [noun] > person > collective Anabaptist1548 anabaptizing1642 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxiv Beholde then what loue and Charitie is emongest you, when the one calleth the other, Hereticke and Anabaptist, and he calleth hym again Papist, Ypocrite, and Pharisey. 1586 H. Barrowe in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 30 Q. Do you hold it lawful to baptise children? A. Yea; I am no anabaptist I thanke God. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 15 But is not the type of Priest taken away by Christs comming? no saith this famous Protestant Bishop of Winchester; it is not, and he that saith it is, is an Anabaptist. 1718 W. Nicolson Diary 8 Feb. in London Diaries (1985) 678 The Bishop of Sarum complained..that an Anabaptist was buryed in the Church-yard without consent or knowledge of the Incumbent. 1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 19 July 10/6 The Massachusetts people call us [sc. Rhode Islanders] heretics and Anabaptists... In their eyes we are all a lot of free thinkers. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Anabaptists or Anabaptism; that is an Anabaptist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Baptists > [adjective] Anabaptistical1539 Anabaptist1641 Anabaptistic1645 Catabaptistical1661 baptist1717 Baptistic1884 1641 J. Taylor Swarme of Sectaries 6 He rebaptiz'd in Anabaptist fashion One Eaton (of the new found separation). 1654 G. Felsherd Newslet. 25 Feb. in Clarke Papers (2005) V. 157 There being some of the army there of the Anabaptist judgement who do oppose the proclaiming of the Lord Protector in Ireland. 1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 17 A Presbyterian or Anabaptist Parson. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xxiii. 488 To check Anabaptist and Puritan excesses. 1943 M. Lowry Let. 28 Sept. in Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 429 Little thought'st thou, among the Anabaptist Germans That plump shadow boxers would quote thy sermons. 2002 N.Y. Times 26 May ii. 18/1 The Anabaptist faith practised by the Amish includes the belief that only adults who have made a conscious choice to join the church should be baptized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1531 |
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