noun
- a member of a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine.
- (lowercase) a person who baptizes.
- the Baptist. John the Baptist.
adjective
- Also Bap·tis·tic. of or relating to Baptists or their doctrines or practices.
noun
- a member of any of various Christian sects that affirm the necessity of baptism (usually of adults and by immersion) following a personal profession of the Christian faith
- the Baptist See John the Baptist
adjective
- denoting, relating to, or characteristic of any Christian sect that affirms the necessity of baptism following a personal profession of the Christian faith
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.