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GENERAL BAPTIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does General Baptist mean?
• GENERAL BAPTIST (noun)
The noun GENERAL BAPTIST has 1 sense:
1. group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
Familiarity information: GENERAL BAPTIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Arminian Baptist; General Baptist
Hypernyms ("General Baptist" is a kind of...):
Baptist denomination (group of Baptist congregations)
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