baptist
baptist — noun
1. someone who belongs to a branch of the Christian Protestant church whose followe
someone who belongs to a branch of the Christian Protestant church whose followers choose to be baptized as adults, by being placed fully under water, once they understand what the ceremony means to them.
Beatriz grew up as a Baptist in a small town in Georgia and was baptized at fourteen.
noun + as a Baptist, common with grow up / raised
The Baptists in our village built a new red-brick chapel beside the river.
plural Baptists referring to the community
Her grandmother, a devout Baptist, read the Bible every morning before breakfast.
Reverend Lin spoke to a hall full of Baptists about the meaning of full-immersion baptism.
Roger Williams and his small group of Baptists founded Providence in 1636 after being banished from Massachusetts.
- Anabaptist
historical 16th-century group that also rejected infant baptism; not interchangeable with modern Baptists.
- Protestant
broader category covering many non-Catholic Christian groups, of which Baptists are one branch.
- evangelical
describes the wider movement Baptists belong to, focused on personal faith and the Bible; not the same as denominational membership.
- paedobaptist
technical term for a Christian who supports baptizing infants — the opposite practice.
文法句型
a Baptist
Baptist + noun (as modifier: Baptist church, Baptist minister)
用法筆記
Almost always written with a capital B when it refers to a member of the Christian denomination; the lowercase form is rare and largely confined to older or non-religious writing. Often functions attributively before another noun: a Baptist church, a Baptist preacher, the Baptist tradition.