Crossword clues for baptist
baptist
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Baptist \Bap"tist\ (b[a^]p"t[i^]st), n. [L. baptista, Gr. baptisth`s.]
One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.
--Milton.-
One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.
Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation.
--Amer. Cyc.Freewill Baptists, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion.
Seventh-day Baptists, a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See Sabbatarian. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, "one who baptizes;" see baptize + -ist. As "member of a Protestant sect that believes in adult baptism by immersion" (with capital B-), attested from 1654; their opponents called them anabaptists.
Wiktionary
n. A person who baptizes
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "baptist".
The crowd sat riveted, watching as the Baptist drew near the east bank of the river.
At this point, the Baptist left off speaking and stood silent, his head bowed, and the echoes of his last words fading away in the canyons.
Now others came, first in small clusters, and then in wave upon wave, until the Baptist was surrounded.
When the Baptist had finally exited with the fading daylight, this individual had paced him along the west side of the river until the holy man had been lost to sight in the east.
Tonight the same young man who had so curiously watched the Baptist weeks before stood alone within the solitude of the cloisters and gazed soberly above him.
If it has not begun to dwindle by that time, we will approach the Baptist and question him.
He feared the Baptist, however much he might attempt to cloak his trepidation.
Stories of the Baptist, brought back by pilgrims to his vale, had stirred John from the outset.
Memories of the hundreds who had allowed the Jordan to cover them as they rested in the arms of the Baptist filled his mind.
John wondered why the Baptist had chosen such desolation as the site of his preaching.
There was no way of knowing how long the rain would let up, and he must do his best to find the Baptist before nightfall.
If he were to find the Baptist before dark, he would have to cross the river.
The Baptist jumped to his feet and stood rigid, his legs spread wide and his heavy crude staff grasped horizontally before him.
The Baptist stood his ground, eyeing the disheveled newcomer doubtfully.
The fire was burning low where the Baptist had apparently kept it fueled throughout the night John sat up stiffly and looked about him, the events of the preceding day a shadowy mirage in his memory.