Associations to the word «Baptist»

Wiktionary

BAPTIST, noun. A Protestant denomination of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers, as opposed to the baptism of infants.
BAPTIST, noun. An adherent of this denomination.
BAPTIST, adjective. Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.
BAPTIST, noun. A person who baptizes

Dictionary definition

BAPTIST, noun. Follower of Baptistic doctrines.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats