# Anabaptist

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #84,977

## Definitions
1. A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation, with a tenet of adult baptism.
2. A member of any of several present-day churches descended from that origin.

## Etymology
From New Latin anabaptista, from the Ancient Greek ἀναβαπτισμός (anabaptismós), itself from ἀνα- (ana-, “re-”) and βαπτισμός (baptismós, “baptism”), equivalent to ana- + Baptist.

## Source
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