baptist

baptist — 名詞

1. someone who belongs to a branch of the Christian Protestant church whose followe

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釋義

浸信會教徒

主張成年後才受洗的基督新教派信徒

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.

例句

Beatriz grew up as a Baptist in a small town in Georgia and was baptized at fourteen.

Beatriz 在喬治亞州的一個小鎮長大，是浸信會教徒，十四歲時受洗。

noun + as a Baptist, common with grow up / raised

The Baptists in our village built a new red-brick chapel beside the river.

我們村裡的浸信會教徒在河邊蓋了一間新的紅磚禮拜堂。

plural Baptists referring to the community

同義詞
  • 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.

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌My uncle is a baptist priest.
✅My uncle is a Baptist minister.
💡Baptist churches use the title 'minister' or 'pastor', not 'priest'; the word should also be capitalized.
❌She baptisted her son last Sunday.
✅She had her son baptized last Sunday.
💡'Baptist' is a noun for a person, not a verb; the verb form is 'baptize'.