Bible Encyclopedias
Baptae
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(from βάπτω , to wash), a name formerly applied to the priests of the Thracian goddess Cotys, or Cotytto, and was derived from a practice in their festivals of washing in tepid water. Buttmann, however, in his Mythologus denies that the name Baptae was applied to the priests referred to. (See COTYS).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Baptae'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/baptae.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.