Definition of Anabeptist
An`a*bap"tist (&?;), n. [LL.
anabaptista, fr. Gr. as if 'anabaptisth`s: cf. F.
anabaptiste.] A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect
holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in
infancy.
&fist; In church history, the name Anabaptists usually designates a sect
of fanatics who greatly disturbed the peace of Germany, the Netherlands,
etc., in the Reformation period. In more modern times the name has been
applied to those who do not regard infant baptism as real and valid
baptism.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ANABAPTIST. A pickpocket caught in the fact, and punished
with the discipline of the pump or horse-pond.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- (vulgar) A pickpocket caught in the fact, and punished with the discipline of the pump or horse-pond. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
Anabaptist- a member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation
- a member of any of several present-day churches
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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