From Longman Dictionary Cal‧vin‧ist /ˈkælvɪnɪst/ adjective following the teachings of Calvinism having strict moral standards and tending to disapprove of pleasure Example This had been the view of the enclosed Calvinist chapel or Methodist station, hidden away from the high streets of life In sombre silence, wearing black ties, the Calvinist elders walk between the unusually-full pews A devout Calvinist Methodist…
From Longman Dictionary Cal‧vin‧is‧m /ˈkælvənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] the Christian religious teachings of John Calvin, based on the idea that events on Earth are controlled by God and cannot be changed by humans Example Brownson went west to Detroit to teach school, but the old debates about Calvinism followed him even there…
From Longman Dictionary be‧lief /bəˈliːf/ ●●● S3 W2 noun the feeling that something is good and can be trusted the feeling that something is definitely true or definitely exists an idea that you believe to be true, especially one…
From Longman Dictionary Bap‧tist /ˈbæptɪst/ noun [countable] a member of a Christian group that believes baptism should only be for people old enough to understand its meaning Example In 1884 Baptists celebrated Spurgeon’s fiftieth birthday They passed a Baptist church set on cinder blocks Jacobite crowds sometimes attacked poor Dissenting groups, such as the Baptists There are…
