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GENERAL BAPTIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
Synonyms:
Arminian Baptist; General Baptist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("General Baptist" is a kind of...):
Baptist denomination (group of Baptist congregations)