Look up: Baptistery

1. baptistery
   A building or part of a church used for baptism.
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2. Baptistery
   where the font was stored and baptisms were performed, generally near the west door. Sometimes a screen or grille separates the baptistery from the nave.
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3. baptistery
   In church architecture, a building or part of a church in which Christians perform the ceremony of baptism; also the pool used in Baptist churches for the total immersion of adults. Modern...
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4. Baptistery
   • (n.) Alt. of Baptistry
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5. baptistery
   hall or chapel situated close to, or connected with, a church, in which the sacrament of baptism is administered. The form of the baptistery ...
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6. Baptistery
   In early times, a baptistery was a cold plunging-bath, and from the 4th century a Christian baptismal pool, from whence the term evolved to describe a separate building, usually polygonal in shape, sometimes round, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when...
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7. Baptistery
   Religious building of circular design where the baptismal font is housed. Usually built beside or in front of a church or cathedral.
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8. baptistery
   baptistery (băp'tistrē) , part of a church, or a separate building in connection with it, used for administering baptism. In the earliest examples it was merely a basin or pool set into the floor. Later, the Christian Church set aside a separate structure for the ceremony. The earlie...
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9. baptistery
   In church architecture, a building or part of a church in which Christians perform the ceremony of baptism; also the pool used in Baptist churches for the total immersion of adults
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10. Baptistery
    In Christian architecture the `baptistry` or `baptistery` (βαπτίζειν-->) is the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistry may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral and be provided with an altar as a chapel. In t...
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