GENERAL BAPTIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)

Synonyms:

Arminian Baptist; General Baptist

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("General Baptist" is a kind of...):

Baptist denomination (group of Baptist congregations)

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