antipaedobaptist

See also: antipædobaptist

English

Alternative forms

• anti-paedobaptist, anti-paedo-baptist
• antipedobaptist, anti-pedobaptist, anti-pedo-baptist
• antipædobaptist, anti-pædobaptist, anti-pædo-baptist (obsolete)

Etymology

From anti- +‎ paedobaptist.

Noun

antipaedobaptist (plural antipaedobaptists)

1. Someone opposed to the practice of infant baptism.
   • 1861, James Chrystal, A History of the Modes of Christian Baptism:

     The Munster fanatics seem to have been Antipaedobaptist Anabaptists, but their baptism must have begun with themselves, as the followers of De Bruis's opinion on the subjects.

   • 1996, William R Estep, The Anabaptist Story, 3rd edition, Eerdmans, page 22:

     They were all antipedobaptists, but at this point the comparison ceases.