[ana.bap.tism] n [NL anabaptismus, fr. LGk anabaptismos rebaptism, fr. anabaptizein to rebaptize, fr. Gk ana- again + baptizein to baptize] (1577) 1 cap a: the doctrine or practices of the Anabaptists b: the Anabaptist movement
2: the baptism of one previously baptized