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Noun
/ˈbaptist/,
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baptists, plural;
  1. A member of a Protestant Christian denomination advocating baptism only of adult believers by total immersion. Baptists form one of the largest Protestant bodies and are found throughout the world and esp. in the U.S

  2. A person who baptizes someone

  1. follower of Baptistic doctrines
  2. (baptistry) baptismal font: bowl for baptismal water
  3. (baptists) Baptist Church: any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers
  4. Baptists are a group of Christian denominations, churches, and individuals who subscribe to a theology of believer's baptism (as opposed to infant baptism), salvation through faith alone, Scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice, and the autonomy of the local church. ...
  5. (Baptistry (Pisa)) The Baptistry of St. John (Battistero di San Giovanni) is a religious building in Pisa, Italy. It started construction in 1152, in replacement of an older baptistry, and completed in 1363. ...
  6. (Baptistry) A special room or area in the form a pool for baptizing in the ancient Church. Gradually it was replaced by the baptismal font (see kolymbethra).
  7. (THE BAPTISTRY) The temple baptistry is used for proxy baptisms, living persons being baptized for and in behalf of deceased individuals who have lived through mortality without the opportunity of receiving this sacred ordinance.
  8. (baptistry) Sean Munson on Flickr
  9. (Baptists) (Greek, baptizein, to baptize), a Protestant denomination, which exists chiefly in English-speaking countries and owes its name to its characteristic doctrine and practice regarding baptism.
  10. (Baptists) A Protestant denomination which refuses to baptise until the person is old enough to consciously accept the Christian faith. The General Baptist movement, which ascribes to the belief that Christ died for everyone, was founded in 1612 by John Smyth and Thomas Helwys. ...
  11. (Baptists) A group of Protestant Christian who, according to religious historians, originated in the English Separatist movement of the 1600s. However, some Baptists believe that they can trace their history directly back to the New Testament period. In the U.S. ...
  12. (Baptists) Started by English Separatists in Amsterdam under Anabaptist influence. Later, especially strong in Wales, where the Quakers made only limited headway. ...
  13. year book of the Maritime provinces of Canada . . . (Halifax; Saint John, N.B.), 1873–1905, reports of the Foreign Missionary Board.
  14. S__t won't happen for you until you're totally immersed in it.
  15. noun: a member or adherent of an evangelical Protestant denomination marked by congregational polity and baptism by immersion of believers only
  16. Selections from the 1975 or the 1991 Baptist Hymnals, and National Baptist Hymnal
  17. (2h)[A dot], POs ><, FOs away, both hands are tipped to one side so that the thumbs point > NDS, then > upwards. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Baptize.
  18. a junior hamburger chef.