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Freewill Baptists
(gcide) | free-will \free-will\, freewill \free"will`\, a.
Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a
freewill offering.
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Freewill Baptists. See under Baptist.
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Freewill Baptists
(gcide) | Baptist \Bap"tist\ (b[a^]p"t[i^]st), n. [L. baptista, Gr.
baptisth`s.]
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1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to
John, the forerunner of Christ. --Milton.
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2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity
of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that
baptism should be administered to believers alone, and
should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.
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Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United
States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and
moderation. --Amer. Cyc.
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Freewill Baptists, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in
doctrine, and practice open communion.
Seventh-day Baptists, a sect of Baptists who keep the
seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See
Sabbatarian. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also
Baptists.
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