seventh-day baptists

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seventh-day baptists - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, n. [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F.
     sabbataire. See Sabbath.]
     1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as
        holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in
        the Decalogue.
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     Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this
           opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the Seventh-day Baptists
           , hold it now.
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     2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.
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  Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From Seven: cf. AS. seofo[eth]a.]
     1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.
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              On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had
              made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
              work which he had made.               --Gen. ii. 2.
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     2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which
        anything is divided; as, the seventh part.
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     Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday.
  
     Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist.
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  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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