English Explanatory Dictionary

parabaptist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person carrying out unlawful baptisms, especially in the early Church.

Word forms

parabaptist parabaptists

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παραβαπτιστής (parabaptistḗs), from παραβαπτίζω (parabaptízō, “to baptize without authority”). By surface analysis, para- + baptist.

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