ANABAPTIST

ANABAP'TIST, noun [Gr. again, and a baptist.]One who holds the doctrine of the baptism of adults, or of the invalidity of infant baptism, and the necessity of rebaptization in an adult age. One who maintains that baptism ought always to be performed by immersion.

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anabaptist. Anabaptist, a. one who holds adult baptism

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An′a‐bap″tist (�), n. [[LL. anabaptista, fr. Gr. as if αναβαπτιστἤσ: cf. F. anabaptiste.]] A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy. ☞ In church history, the name Anabaptists usually designates a sect of fanatics who greatly disturbed the peace of Germany, the Netherlands, etc., in the Reformation period. In more modern times the name has been applied to those who do not regard infant baptism as real and valid baptism.