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# baptist

noun (a Baptist, Baptists; John the Baptist); adjective (Baptist)

«baptist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) A Baptist is a member of a Protestant Christian church that baptises only people old enough to say they believe, usually by putting them fully under water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#m1)
2. (Bible) John the Baptist was the prophet who baptised people in the river Jordan, including Jesus, and told them to get ready for God's kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#m2)
3. Baptist (adjective) describes these churches, as in "a Baptist chapel". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#m3)

### In the lessons

Baptist churches are common in the USA (especially in the South), in Wales and in Australia; each church usually runs its own affairs. In nativity and Easter lessons, John the Baptist appears wearing camel hair and eating locusts and wild honey. Phrases: the Baptist church, Southern Baptist, John the Baptist.

### Examples

- Our neighbours go to the Baptist church on the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#x1)
- John the Baptist lived in the desert and ate locusts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#x2)
- Baptists are baptised when they decide to follow Jesus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#x3)
- Martin Luther King Jr was a Baptist minister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#x4)
- The Baptist chapel has a pool under the floor for baptisms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#x5)
- John the Baptist said, "Someone greater than me is coming." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#x6)
- It was not nearly so big as its mother; only about the size of a Baptist chapel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/#x7)

### Note

Capital B for the church and its members. Plural Baptists. Different from "baptism" (the ceremony) and "baptise" (the verb). John the Baptist is not the same John as the disciple John.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baptist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baptist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baptist.html) on Mova free.