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Catabaptist

Catabaptist noun: one who opposes baptism.

Noun

Catabaptist (plural Catabaptists)

  1. (obsolete) One who opposes baptism.
    • A Catabaptist may sometimes be no Anabaptist, such as was Leo Copronymus, who defiled the Font at his baptisme,c. 1644, Daniel Featley, The Dippers Dipt, Or, the Anabaptists Duck'd and Plung'd Over Head and Ears, at a Disputation in Southwark

Forms of Catabaptist

pluralCatabaptists

Origin of Catabaptist

From cata- + baptist.

Questions about Catabaptist

What does Catabaptist mean?
Catabaptist means one who opposes baptism.
What part of speech is Catabaptist?
Catabaptist is a noun.
What is the plural of Catabaptist?
The plural of Catabaptist is Catabaptists.

Words near Catabaptist in the dictionary

  1. cat-walks
  2. cat-witted
  3. cata-
  4. Cataban
  5. Catabaptism
  6. Catabaptist
  7. Catabaptists
  8. catabases
  9. catabasia
  10. catabasion
  11. catabasis

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