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| An·a·bap·tist [ ànnə báptist ] (plural An·a·bap·tists) |
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member of 16C Protestant movement: a member of a 16th-century Protestant movement promoting the doctrine of adult baptism on the grounds that only adults can accept and declare their faith on their own behalf
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| [Mid-16th century. < ecclesiastical Latin anabaptista< Greek ana- "again, afresh" + baptistēs "baptizer" < baptizein (see baptize)] |
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