Baptes

{{Short description|Priests of the Greek goddess Kotys}}

The Baptes ({{langx|grc|βάπτης}})[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dba%2Fpths βάπτης], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus were priests of the Greek goddess Kotys. The word comes from the Greek verb βάπτω (baptō), meaning "to dip in water".[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dba%2Fptw βάπτω], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus The Baptes practised nocturnal ceremonies, which were associated with rampant obscenity and insobriety.{{Cite book | last = Cobham Brewer | first = Ebenezer | authorlink = E. Cobham Brewer | title = Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Revised and Updated Edition | publisher = Harper & Brothers | year = 1894 | location = New York | pages = 73 | url = https://archive.org/details/brewersdictionar000544mbp}}