ANABAPTISM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Anabaptism" is a kind of...):

Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)

Derivation:

Anabaptist (adherent of Anabaptism)

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