Northern Baptist
- noun
- US
:
bautista del norte
- As a Northern Baptist, she participated in missions focused on social justice and community support.
Examples
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Two other supporters of Downing, Northern Baptist missionaries Evan Jones and John B. Jones, "distrusted Miller, suspecting that he provided the federal government with information about internal Cherokee affairs" (35).
Academic text (2001) -
He was proud to be a Northern Baptist and often spoke about the church's commitment to inclusivity.
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In Georgia, as in South Carolina, white northern Baptists also helped to support a number of secondary schools that were operated and funded, in part, by black Georgians.
Academic text (2008) -
The number of delegates depended in part on the size of the denominational bodies affiliated with the FCC, resulting in heavy representation by Methodists, Congregationalists, and Northern Baptists.
Academic text (2010) -
Many Northern Baptists worked together to promote educational initiatives in their local communities.
Synonyms
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A Christian who fully puts believers under water to show their faith
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'Northern Baptist' is directly compositional: 'northern' specifies a geographic/regional qualifier for 'Baptist', so a learner who knows both words can infer it means a Baptist associated with the northern region or branch. While the item refers to a particular historical organization name, that nuance does not prevent a B1 learner from deriving the core meaning from the constituents.
Etymology
Northern Baptist comes from U.S. history. In the 1800s, Baptists in the Northern states split from southern churches over slavery, so they were called Northern Baptists and later became part of the 'American Baptist Churches USA'.