单词 | baptist |
释义 | baptistn. 1. One who baptizes; esp. as applied to John, the forerunner of Jesus Christ. Baptist's day: the 24th of June. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > John the Baptist > [noun] baptistc1200 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > person performing christenerOE fulghterOE fulghtnera1200 baptistc1200 baptizer1483 fullower1528 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Baptist's day (24 June) > [noun] Baptist's day1589 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 131 Seint iohan baptiste was bihaueded. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 125 Sein Iohan..wes godes baptiste. c1400 Rom. Rose 7000 Gret wodes everichon, I lete hem to the Baptist Johan. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 108 At Baptis-day with Ale and cakes bout bon-fires neighbors stood. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. iv. 225 Ere John the Baptist's eve. 1871 E. H. Noel tr. J. P. F. Richter Flower Pieces II. 68 For the baptist to touch the head of the baptisee with the water. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxi. 21 Disciples of the Baptist. 2. One who immerses himself, or is immersed. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > by immersion > [noun] > person undergoing baptist1775 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 296 The Baptist, or dipped person, came out..good-humoured after his purification. 1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. iv. 40 Varied groups of Baptists, immersing themselves. 3. a. A member of that Protestant religious body which holds that baptism ought to be administered only to believers, and by immersion; at first and till the 19th cent., called, by opponents anabaptists (see Anabaptist n.). [Perhaps this use originated in the early names, Baptized Believers, Churches, etc. Compare baptist(e early past participle of baptize v.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Baptists > [noun] > person Anabaptist1531 rebaptizer?1535 Catabaptist1561 dipper1617 Dopper1631 rebaptist1641 Wederdoper1647 baptist1654 waterman1657 rebaptisant1728 1654 (title) The Humble..Vindication..[of] severall of the Baptized Churches in this Nation.] 1654 W. Britten (title) The Moderate Baptist. 1674 J. Mead (title) A brief account of passages between Quakers and Baptists. 1852 T. Moore Cherries Methodists, of birds the aptest..And that water-fowl the Baptist. 1862 J. Eadie Eccl. Cycl. (at cited word) A second conspiracy..in 1661..brought forth from the Baptists another disavowal of Anabaptist principles. [See Anabaptist n. 2.] b. attributive quasi-adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Baptists > [adjective] Anabaptistical1539 Anabaptist1641 Anabaptistic1645 Catabaptistical1661 baptist1717 Baptistic1884 1717 (title) Rules and Orders of the Particular Baptist Fund. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 309 At the Boar's-head..is a Baptist meeting. 1847 Nation. Cycl. II. 827 Persons who do not embrace the Baptist tenet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1200 |
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