English Dictionary

BAPTIST DENOMINATION

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Baptist denomination mean? 

BAPTIST DENOMINATION (noun)
  The noun BAPTIST DENOMINATION has 1 sense:

1. group of Baptist congregationsplay

  Familiarity information: BAPTIST DENOMINATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAPTIST DENOMINATION (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)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Treat them mean, keep them keen." (English proverb)

"Flesh of man - mends itself" (Breton proverb)

"Arrogance over the arrogant is modesty." (Arabic proverb)

"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact