Baptes
Template:Short description The Baptes (Template:Langx)<ref>βάπτης, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus</ref> were priests of the Greek goddess Kotys. The word comes from the Greek verb βάπτω (baptō), meaning "to dip in water".<ref>βάπτω, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus</ref> The Baptes practised nocturnal ceremonies, which were associated with rampant obscenity and insobriety.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>