baptist

From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæptɪst/
• (US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/[1]

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baptist (plural baptists)

1. A person who baptizes.

• batspit

• IPA^(key): /bɑpˈtɪst/
• Hyphenation: bap‧tist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Borrowed from English Baptist.

baptist m (plural baptisten)

1. (Christianity) Baptist (Protestant denomination practicing adult baptism, of English origin) [from 17th c.]

• Note that baptist is not synonymous with anabaptist or doopsgezinde.

• baptistisch

• baptisme

• → Caribbean Javanese: baptis, baptisan

From Middle Dutch baptiste.

baptist m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, Christianity) baptiser; epithet of John the Baptist.

   Synonym: baptista

baptist

1. Alternative form of bapteme

baptist

1. Alternative form of baptiste

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

baptist m (definite singular baptisten, indefinite plural baptister, definite plural baptistene)

1. Baptist

• “baptist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “baptist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

baptist m (definite singular baptisten, indefinite plural baptistar, definite plural baptistane)

1. Baptist

• “baptist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French baptiste.

baptist m (plural baptiști)

1. Baptist