Hard-shell Baptists
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Baptists in Georgia (U.S.A.) who stuck to their principles and were impervious to any mellowing influence.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Hard-shell Baptists” mean?
Baptists in Georgia (U.S.A.) who stuck to their principles and were impervious to any mellowing influence.
Is “Hard-shell Baptists” formal or informal?
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