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BAPTIST DENOMINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Group of Baptist congregations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Baptist denomination" is a kind of...):
Protestant denomination (group of Protestant congregations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Baptist denomination"):
Arminian Baptist; General Baptist (group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists))
Calvinistic Baptist; Particular Baptist (group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination)
Church of the Brethren; Dippers; Dunkers (a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion)
Holonyms ("Baptist denomination" is a part of...):
Baptist Church; Baptists (any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers)
