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ANABAPTIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Anabaptist" is a kind of...):
Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Anabaptist"):
Mennonite (a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life)
Holonyms ("Anabaptist" is a member of...):
Anabaptist denomination (a Protestant sect denying infant baptism and baptising only believers)
Derivation:
Anabaptism (a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state)