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Anabaptist

A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

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Mennonite 76% connected

One of a small denomination of Christians, so called from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the New Testament is the only r…

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Protestant 76% connected

One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree…

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Anabaptism 74% connected

The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

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Anabaptism 74% connected

The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

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-ancy unknown · 78% connection

A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.

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Age noun · 78% connection

One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.

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Antinomian noun · 78% connection

One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Axiom adjective · 78% connection

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…

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Babism noun · 78% connection

the doctrine and practice of a 19th century Iranian sect that affirmed the progressiveness of revelation, held that no revelation was…

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Babyhood noun · 78% connection

The state or period of infancy.

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Baptizable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized.

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Bearing cloth unknown · 78% connection

A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.

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Breed verb · 78% connection

To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.

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Capacity noun · 78% connection

Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marryi…

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Child noun · 78% connection

A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person,…

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Childhood noun · 78% connection

The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

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Chrisom noun · 78% connection

A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.

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Cradle noun · 78% connection

Infancy, or very early life.

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Crane noun · 78% connection

A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral dista…

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Elder adjective · 78% connection

Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now com…

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Glassite noun · 78% connection

A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught t…

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