Baptist's
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Matthew 14:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Baptist
BAP'TIST, noun One who administers baptism. This appellation is appropriately given to John, the forerunner of Christ.
2. As a contraction of Anabaptist, one who denies the doctrine of infant baptism, and maintains that baptism ought to be administered only to adults by immersing the body in water.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Baptistery
BAP'TISTERY, noun [Latin baptisterium.] A place where the sacrament of baptism is administered. Primitively, baptisteries were in buildings separate from the church; but in the sixth century, they were taken into the church-porch, and afterwards into the church itself.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Baptistic
BAPTIS'TIC
BAPTIS'TICAL, adjective Pertaining to baptism.
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Matthew 14:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No