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Bapticostal

Bapticostal adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of the blending of Baptist and charismatic theologies, especially acceptance of the charismatic gifts.

Adjective

Bapticostal (comparative more Bapticostal, superlative most Bapticostal)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the blending of Baptist and charismatic theologies, especially acceptance of the charismatic gifts.
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Baptist worship service similar to that of charismatic churches, especially in the use of high-tempo contemporary Christian music, raising of hands, and spontaneous shouts.
    • "We tend to be a little Bapticostal where I go.--Mike Huckabee, December 17, 2007.

Forms of Bapticostal

comparativemore Bapticostal
superlativemost Bapticostal

Origin of Bapticostal

Blend of Baptist + Pentecostal.

Questions about Bapticostal

What does Bapticostal mean?
Bapticostal means of, relating to, or characteristic of the blending of Baptist and charismatic theologies, especially acceptance of the charismatic gifts.
What part of speech is Bapticostal?
Bapticostal is an adjective.

Words near Bapticostal in the dictionary

  1. BAppScs
  2. baps
  3. bapt
  4. bapt.
  5. Baptes
  6. Bapticostal
  7. baptigenin
  8. baptisable
  9. baptisand
  10. baptisands
  11. baptise

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