baptist

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noun

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.

adj

1

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

One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II.

noun

1

A person who baptizes.

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ADJ.

joined, southern

My grandmother joined the local baptist church when she was twenty years old.

VERB + BAPTIST

brought, identify, leaving, raised

I was raised Baptist, but I stopped attending church in my twenties.

BAPTIST + NOUN

christian, church, ivan, leader, moiseev, ontario, prophet

The Baptist church in our town hosted a community fundraiser last Saturday.

PREP.

in, until, up, with

I was brought up in the Baptist church and attended services every Sunday.

ADV.

secretly

Many families secretly baptist their babies in the old church tradition despite living far away.

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One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charle

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Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to the baptism of John the Baptist.

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Sami was brought up a Baptist Christian.

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Sami joined a Baptist church in Ontario.

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Baptist Ivan Moiseev was killed in 1972 for preaching the gospel while serving in the army.

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John the Baptist was the first Baptist.

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