batista — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Baptist noun A member of a Protestant denomination that practices baptism of believers old enough to choose it, rather than baptizing infants.
Senses
batista is used for these senses in English:
- Baptist Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.
- Baptist An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.
- baptist A person who baptizes.
- batiste A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
Baptist — full definition
- noun A member of a Protestant denomination that practices baptism of believers old enough to choose it, rather than baptizing infants.
- adj Relating to the Baptist denomination.
- noun Someone who performs baptisms (most famously, John the Baptist).