Baptist
['bæptɪst]
['bæptɪst]
Definition
(n.) One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.
(n.) 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.
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Examples
- John Baptist rose and moved towards it, as if it had a good attraction for him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Furniture maker; twenty years in the city; worth ten thousand dollars, all his own earnings; a BaptiSt. C----. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was built by Herod Antipas, the murderer of John the Baptist, and named after the Emperor Tiberius. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She was a pious, good girl,--a member of the Baptist church,--and as handsome as my poor mother had been. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Or so--like Lyons sausage,' said John Baptist, demonstrating the various cuts on the bread he held, and soberly chewing what he had in his mouth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To tell the truth, I am getting a little perplexed about John the Baptist and his portraits. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was a John the Baptist who took ennoblement rather than repentance for his text. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- One of them that I visited was in a Baptist church, the man with the wheel being in the pulpit, and the gamblers in the pews. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What do I know, John Baptist Cavalletto? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She immediately complied with Mr Baptist's request, and they all went into the cottage. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr Baptist was the second, and jogged close after him, looking at no other object. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This big loaf is for Signor John Baptist. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The news made a sensation in the cottage which drew off the general attention from Mr Baptist. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr Clennam was slowly mending; and Maggy and Mrs Plornish and Mr Baptist took care of him by turns. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Baptists have got possession of it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Others were Baptists, seeking Baptist evidences and a Baptist Palestine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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