pædobaptist
(piːdəʊˈbæptɪst)
Also pedo-.
[f. pædo- + baptist, after prec.]
One who practises, adheres to, or advocates infant baptism.
| 1651 Baxter Inf. Bapt. 173 He might have called us Anti⁓pædobaptists, as being against Infant-Baptism. 1755 Johnson, Pedobaptist, one that holds or practises infant baptism. 1772 in Urwick Nonconf. Worcester (1897) 215 Y⊇ Paedo⁓baptist Congregation is of late years much reduced. 1891 F. W. Newman Card. Newman 62 The only part which I took was, to support Union with Pædo-Baptists, not to divide. |