From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishBaptistBap‧tist /ˈbæptɪst/ noun [countable] RRCa member of a Christian group that believes baptism should only be for people old enough to understand its meaning
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Baptist• In 1884 Baptists celebrated Spurgeon's fiftieth birthday.• They passed a Baptist church set on cinder blocks.• The guns of Concord and Lexington in 1775 settled for Baptist hearts what their heads could never fully decide.• Jacobite crowds sometimes attacked poor Dissenting groups, such as the Baptists.• There are half-hidden secrets as we once again read about John the Baptist.• For John the Baptist the importance of his task is emphasised by the lack of concern for things like clothes and food. 