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: one that baptizes
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Baptist
: a member or adherent of an evangelical Protestant denomination marked by congregational polity and baptism by immersion of believers only
Baptist
adjective
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Their sixth 3 of the half left Cal Baptist trailing by five before UCLA went into halftime ahead 44-34.
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CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Baptists faced legal obstacles and sometimes violent persecution in colonies with established churches, such as Massachusetts and Virginia.
—Christopher Schelin, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
But this year, Christian leaders across sects—including Catholics, Evangelicals, and Baptists—sounded the alarm on AI’s potential impact on family, human relationships, labor, and the church itself.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
Gentili was a Catholic who attended Catholic services, as well as Baptist services, during her life.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
Reared as a Baptist, he was used to being a Black participant in mostly white organizations.
—Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
David Arnett, a baptist minister and an uncle of the bride, officiated at an outdoor ceremony in front of about 50 guests, most of them family members.
—New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
The baptist pastor reportedly took his advocacy for circumventing the filibuster all the way to President Joe Biden in hopes of getting the 36-year Senate veteran’s backing to reform or circumvent the rule.
—Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2021
Error 0: For many baptists, the largest denomination in the county, the change in worship has been a fairly smooth one.
—David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2020
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CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Baptists faced legal obstacles and sometimes violent persecution in colonies with established churches, such as Massachusetts and Virginia.
—Christopher Schelin, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026
But this year, Christian leaders across sects—including Catholics, Evangelicals, and Baptists—sounded the alarm on AI’s potential impact on family, human relationships, labor, and the church itself.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
Gentili was a Catholic who attended Catholic services, as well as Baptist services, during her life.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
Reared as a Baptist, he was used to being a Black participant in mostly white organizations.
—Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
David Arnett, a baptist minister and an uncle of the bride, officiated at an outdoor ceremony in front of about 50 guests, most of them family members.
—New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
The baptist pastor reportedly took his advocacy for circumventing the filibuster all the way to President Joe Biden in hopes of getting the 36-year Senate veteran’s backing to reform or circumvent the rule.
—Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2021
Error 0: For many baptists, the largest denomination in the county, the change in worship has been a fairly smooth one.
—David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2020
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“Baptist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baptist. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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