freewill baptist

freewill baptist
noun
Usage: usually capitalized F&B
: a member of one of three Baptist groups including an original group and dissenting Bullockites and United American Freewill Baptists that hold Arminian doctrines and observe open communion and except among the Bullockites usually foot washing and anointing

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Freewill Baptist or Free Will Baptist,
a member of a sect of Arminian Baptists.

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