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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Baptist \Bap"tist\, n. [L. baptista, G. ?]
1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to
John, the forerunner of Christ. --Milton.
2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity
of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that
baptism should be administered to believers alone, and
should be by immersion. See {Anabaptist}.
Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United
States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and
moderation. --Amer. Cyc.
{Freewill Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in
doctrine, and practice open communion.
{Seventh-day Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who keep the
seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See
{Sabbatarian}. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also
Baptists.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Baptist
adj : of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church;
"Baptist baptismal practices"; "a Baptist minister"
[syn: {Baptistic}]
Baptist
n : follower of Baptistic doctrines