Members of a Christian denomination that practices adult baptism and believes in individual freedom of conscience.
From Greek baptizein 'to dip or immerse' + -ist (one who practices). The term emerged in the 16th century to describe Protestants who rejected infant baptism.
Baptists were among the first Christian groups to argue for complete separation of church and state—a radical idea that influenced the American Constitution's First Amendment.
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