Anabaptist

UK: /ˌænəˈbæptɪst/ US: (an′ə bap′tist)

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An•a•bap•tist  (an′ə bap′tist), n. 

1. a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state.
2. [Archaic.] Baptist (def. 1).

adj. 

3. of or pertaining to Anabaptists or Anabaptism.

• Late Greek anabaptí̄zein; see ana-, baptize) + -ista -ist
• Medieval Latin anabapt(īzāre) to rebaptize (
• Neo-Latin anabaptista
• 1525–35

An′a•bap′tism, n. 
An′a•bap•tis′ti•cal•ly, adv. 

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Anabaptist / ˌænəˈbæptɪst/ noun

1. a member of any of various 16th-century Protestant movements that rejected infant baptism, insisted that adults be rebaptized, and sought to establish Christian communism

adjective

1. of or relating to these movements or sects or their doctrines

Etymology: 16th Century: from Ecclesiastical Latin anabaptista, from anabaptīzāre to baptize again, from Late Greek anabaptizein; see ana-, baptize

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