Anabaptist

See also: anabaptist

English

Alternative forms

• anabaptist

Etymology

From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”).

Noun

Anabaptist (plural Anabaptists)

1. A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.
   • 2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, Chatto & Windus, page 95:

     Were the Anabaptists right? Was happiness Satan’s allure, his tantalizing deceit?

2. A member of any of several present-day churches descended from that origin.

   Hyponyms: Mennonite, Amish, Hutterite, Brethren, Dunker, Dunkard, River Brethren

Synonyms

• autem dipper (archaic cant)

Derived terms

• Anabaptistic, Anabaptistical, Anabaptism

Translations

member of radical wing of Christians during Reformation

• Catalan: anabaptista m or f
• Dutch: anabaptist (nl) m, doperse m or f, wederdoper (nl) m
• Finnish: anabaptisti
• French: anabaptiste (fr) m or f
• German: Wiedertäufer, Wiedertäuferin f, Anabaptist m, Anabaptistin f
• Italian: anabattista (it) m or f
• Manx: anvashtagh m
• Plautdietsch: Anabaptist m
• Polish: anabaptysta m, anabaptystka f
• Portuguese: anabatista (pt) m or f
• Russian: анабапти́ст (ru) m (anabaptíst), анабапти́стка (ru) f (anabaptístka)
• Spanish: anabaptista m or f
• Swedish: vederdöpare c

member of present-day church

• Dutch: doopsgezinde (nl) m or f, menist (nl) m
• Finnish: anabaptisti
• German: Täufer (de) m, Täuferin f
• Italian: anabattista (it) m or f
• Manx: anvashtagh m
• Plautdietsch: Anabaptist m
• Portuguese: anabatista (pt) m or f
• Spanish: anabaptista m or f

Adjective

Anabaptist (comparative more Anabaptist, superlative most Anabaptist)

1. Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation.
2. Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day.

Translations

relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation

• Catalan: anabaptista
• Dutch: anabaptistisch, dopers (nl)
• German: wiedertäuferisch, täuferisch, Wiedertäufer-, Täufer-, anabaptistisch
• Manx: anvashtagh
• Polish: anabaptystyczny

relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day

• Dutch: doopsgezind (nl), menistisch
• German: täuferisch, Täufer-
• Manx: anvashtagh

Plautdietsch

Noun

Anabaptist m (plural Anabaptisten)

1. Anabaptist