Library / English Dictionary

BAPTIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Follower of Baptistic doctrines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Baptist"):

Dunkard; Dunker; Tunker (an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion))

Northern Baptist (a member of the American Baptist Convention)

Southern Baptist (a member of the Southern Baptist Convention)

Holonyms ("Baptist" is a member of...):

Baptist Church; Baptists (any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers)

Derivation:

baptism (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth)

Baptistic (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church)

Credits