Anabaptist
|an-a-bap-tist|
/ˌænəˈbæptɪst/
rebaptizer; advocate of adult (believer's) baptism
Etymology
'Anabaptist' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'anabaptizein,' where 'ana-' meant 'again' and 'baptizein' meant 'to baptize.'
'Anabaptist' changed from the 16th-century New Latin/German term 'Anabaptista' (used for members of the movement) and eventually became the modern English word 'Anabaptist'.
Initially, it meant 'one who baptizes again' (a 'rebaptizer'), but over time it came to mean 'a member of the Anabaptist movement who rejects infant baptism and supports believer's baptism.'
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a member of a Christian movement originating in the 16th-century Reformation who rejected infant baptism and maintained that baptism should be administered only to professing (adult) believers; historically called a 'rebaptizer.'
Many Anabaptists were persecuted for their beliefs during the Reformation.
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