Associations to the word «Anabaptist»

Wiktionary

ANABAPTIST, noun. (1811) A pickpocket caught in the act, and punished with the discipline of the pump or horse-pond.
ANABAPTIST, noun. A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation (such as a Mennonite, an Amish person, a Hutterite).
ANABAPTIST, noun. A member of any of several present-day churches.

Dictionary definition

ANABAPTIST, noun. Adherent of Anabaptism.

Wise words

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