Baptist

noun

/ˈbæptɪst/

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a member of a Christian Protestant Church that believes that people should be baptized when they are old enough to understand what it means and not when they are babies
CultureThe Baptist church is the largest group of Protestant Christians in the US, with about 40 million members around the world, including a small number in Britain. The group was formed in England in the early 17th century by people who disagreed with other Protestants about the ceremony of baptism. Baptists believe in putting a new member of the Church completely under water during baptism.
Topics Religion and festivalsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Baptist is used before these nouns:
chapel
preacher
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Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense of someone who baptizes someone else): from Old French baptiste, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek baptistēs, from baptizein ‘immerse, baptize’.

单词	Baptist
释义	Baptist adjective /ˈbæptɪst/ /ˈbæptɪst/ [usually before noun] jump to other results being a Baptist; connected with Baptists a Baptist church Topics Religion and festivalsc2 Baptist noun /ˈbæptɪst/ /ˈbæptɪst/ jump to other results a member of a Christian Protestant Church that believes that people should be baptized when they are old enough to understand what it means and not when they are babies CultureThe Baptist church is the largest group of Protestant Christians in the US, with about 40 million members around the world, including a small number in Britain. The group was formed in England in the early 17th century by people who disagreed with other Protestants about the ceremony of baptism. Baptists believe in putting a new member of the Church completely under water during baptism. Topics Religion and festivalsc2 Oxford Collocations DictionaryBaptist is used before these nouns: chapel preacher See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense of someone who baptizes someone else): from Old French baptiste, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek baptistēs, from baptizein ‘immerse, baptize’.
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