anabaptist

/ænəˈbæptɪst/

Etymology

From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”), equivalent to ana- + Baptist.

adj

  1. Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation.
  2. Relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day.

noun

  1. A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.“Were the Anabaptists right? Was happiness Satan’s allure, his tantalizing deceit?”
  2. A member of any of several present-day churches descended from that origin.