anabaptista

  • 91Anabaptist — [an΄ə bap′tist] n. [ModL anabaptista < LL(Ec) anabaptismus < Gr(Ec) anabaptismos, second baptism < anabaptizein < ana , again + baptizein, BAPTIZE] a member of a radical 16th cent. sect of the Reformation originating in Switzerland,… …

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  • 92An|a|bap|tist — «AN uh BAP tihst», noun, adjective. –n. a member of a former Protestant sect opposing infant baptism and holding that only baptism of adults who had professed faith was valid. The Anabaptists originated in Switzerland in the 1520 s. –adj. of or… …

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