Dunkers

Dunkers
Dunkers
A Protestant sect thus named from its distinctive baptismal rite

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  • Dunkers — ☆ Dunkers [duŋ′kərdzduŋ′kərz ] pl.n. 〚Ger tunker, dipper < tunken (see DUNK): so named from practice of immersion〛 a sect of German American Baptists opposed to military service and the taking of oaths: also called Dunkards [duŋ′kərdz]:… …   Universalium

  • Dunkers — ☆ Dunkers [duŋ′kərdzduŋ′kərz ] pl.n. [Ger tunker, dipper < tunken (see DUNK): so named from practice of immersion] a sect of German American Baptists opposed to military service and the taking of oaths: also called Dunkards [duŋ′kərdz]:… …   English World dictionary

  • DUNKERS —    a sect of Quakerist Baptists in the United States …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Dunkers — n. member of the German Church of the Brethren (founded in Germany in 1708 and later reorganized in the United States); member of the German American group (German Baptist Brethren) who practice baptism by total immersion and oppose military… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dunkers — n. person who dips food into a liquid before eating it; basketball player who is capable of making dunk shots; adherent of Baptistic beliefs who practices baptism by total immersion …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Dunkers —  Данкеры …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • Dunkers — noun a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion • Syn: ↑Church of the Brethren, ↑Dippers • Hypernyms: ↑Baptist denomination • Member… …   Useful english dictionary

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