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Freewill Baptist

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Definition of Freewill Baptist

: a member of a Baptist group holding to Arminian doctrine and practicing open communion

First Known Use of Freewill Baptist

1732, in the meaning defined above

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“Freewill Baptist.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Freewill%20Baptist. Accessed 15 December 2019.

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