KJV Dictionary Definition: baptist

baptist

BAP'TIST, n. One who administers baptism. This appellation is

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appropriately given to John, the forerunner of Christ.

2. As a contraction of Anabaptist, one who denies the doctrine of infant baptism, and maintains that baptism ought to be administered only to adults by immersing the body in water.

baptistical

BAPTIS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to baptism.