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# baptists

«baptists» in Mova's school dictionary: **members of Protestant Christian churches that baptise…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural (Baptists; singular a Baptist)

### meaning for a pupil

(church) Baptists are members of Protestant Christian churches that baptise only believers old enough to choose, usually by full immersion in water, and in which each local church largely runs itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Baptists are a big group in the USA (including the Southern Baptists), and are found in Wales, England, Australia, Canada and Africa. Famous Baptists include Martin Luther King Jr. Baptist services include hymns, Bible reading, sermon and prayer. Phrases: Southern Baptists, the Baptists down the road, Baptists and Methodists.

### examples

- Baptists believe people should choose to be baptised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/#x1)
- Many Baptists live in the southern United States. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/#x2)
- The Baptists held a picnic after the baptism in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/#x3)
- Baptists and Methodists sang together at the town service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/#x4)
- Martin Luther King Jr's father was also a Baptist minister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/#x5)
- Baptists usually baptise by putting people right under the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/#x6)

### note

Capital B; plural of Baptist. John the Baptist is a single Bible person, not a member of these churches.

### In the corpora

- [Baptists and many Pentecostal churches baptise people old enough to decide, usually by full immersion, which means going right under the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/12/)
- [Protestant churches stress the Bible, faith and grace, and include Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «baptists» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baptists/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.