Baptistry Definition

noun

(Christianity) A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.

Wiktionary

An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion.

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Other Word Forms of Baptistry

Noun

Singular:
baptistry
Plural:
baptistries

Origin of Baptistry

  • From Latin baptistērium; equivalent to baptism +‎ -ry.

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Baptistry Sentence Examples

  • These are a part of the choir of the 12th-century palacechurch, and a sixteen-sided baptistry originally consecrated by Pope Leo III.

  • Tower forms a narrow west apse and serves as a baptistry.

  • Here we rested awhile, as we could hear the distant murmur of an open-air service taking place in the Baptistry.

  • General Loring kindly showed me a copy of one of the wonderful bronze doors of the Baptistry of Florence, and I felt of the graceful pillars, resting on the backs of fierce lions.

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Words Starting With

BBABAP

Words Ending With

YRYTRY

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