Baptist

• Babdist (pronunciation spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæptɪst/
• (US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/

Baptist (countable and uncountable, plural Baptists)

1. An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.

• dookie (Britain)

• Christian
• Protestant

• Seventh Day Baptist

Baptist (comparative more Baptist, superlative most Baptist)

1. Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

• Amish (Amishman, Amishwoman)
• Amish Mennonite
• Hutterite
• Mennonite

• batspit

• IPA^(key): /bapˈtɪst/

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Borrowed from Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

• Baptista

Baptist m (proper noun, strong, genitive Baptist or Baptistä)

1. (Christianity, archaic) the Baptist (title of Saint John the Baptist)

   Synonym: (Johannes der Täufer ― John the Baptist) der Täufer

   Johann Baptist ― John the Baptist

From English Baptist, eventually derived from the same Latin and Greek etyma as in etymology 1.

Baptist m (weak, genitive Baptisten, plural Baptisten, feminine Baptistin)

1. (Christianity) Baptist (male or of unspecified gender) (member of a Baptist church or denomination)