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 Bap’tes (2 syl.).Bar. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Baptist.
 
John the Baptist. His symbol is a sword, the instrument by which he was beheaded.   1
 


 Bap’tes (2 syl.).Bar. 

 
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