Baptist

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who administers baptism;

— specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.

II. Baptist ·noun 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.

Related Words

John the Baptist
The "forerunner of our Lord." We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
(St.) John the Baptist
See St. John the Baptist, Walbrook, and St. John Zachary. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
John Baptist Court
See Baptist's Head Court. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
John The Baptist
was of the priestly race by both parents, for his father, Zacharias, was himself a priest of the cou...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Baptist Head Coffee House
In Fountain Court, Aldermanbury (Lockie, 1810). The former site of this house, at the corner of Ald...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
(St.) John Baptist, Chapel of
See St. Anne, Chapel of. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
(St.) John the Baptist, Walbrook
On the west side of Dowgate Hill, at the north-east corner of Cloak lane (Leake, 1666). In Walbrook ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.