Anabaptist

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

Noun[edit]

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

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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.

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Anabaptist m (plural Anabaptisten)

  1. Anabaptist