ANABAPTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anabaptism mean? 

• ANABAPTISM (noun)
  The noun ANABAPTISM has 1 sense:

1. a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state

  Familiarity information: ANABAPTISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANABAPTISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Anabaptism" is a kind of...):

Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)

Derivation:

Anabaptist (adherent of Anabaptism)