American Baptist Convention
- proper noun
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Convención Bautista Americana
- The American Baptist Convention has a long history of missionary work and social advocacy.
Examples
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The American Baptist Convention played a significant role in shaping Baptist life in the United States.
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The American Baptist Convention held its annual meeting last week.
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He attended a conference organized by the American Baptist Convention last year.
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Is the American Baptist Convention planning any new initiatives?
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In 1907, the American Baptist Convention was established to unify Baptist congregations in the North.
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Thousands gathered to support the mission of the American Baptist Convention during its annual meeting.
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The American Baptist Convention advocates for social justice and community service across the northern United States.
Synonyms
A group of Baptist churches in the northern United States founded in 1907 and later renamed American Baptist Churches USA
Surface Forms
Morphology
American + Baptists + convention
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'American' (connected with the United States) + 'Baptists' (the religious group) + 'convention' (a formal gathering or organized body), so a learner who knows those words will infer it refers to a US Baptist gathering or association. The composition and senses are cross-linguistically common and do not require idiomatic knowledge, making the phrase immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
American Baptist Convention comes from the simple idea of many Baptist churches in America coming together in a convention to meet and plan work. That's why the name means 'a large group of Baptist churches that meet and work together'.
