Look up: piscina

1. Piscina
   In architecture a piscina is a water-drain formerly placed near to an altar in a church. It consists of a shallow stone basin, or sink, with a hole in the bottom to carry off whatever is poured into it. It is fixed at a convenient height above the floor, and was used to receive the water in which th...
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2. Piscina
   Hand basin with drain, usually set against or into a wall.
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3. Piscina
   (Latin) a place for swimming, a bath, a pond.
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4. Piscina
   handbasin, usually set in or against a wall, with drain
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5. piscina
   swimming-bath in a public bath- house
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6. piscina
   a bowl or basin with a drain usually set into the wall near the high altar, used for washing the communion or mass vessels
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7. piscina
   A term applied to the plunge pools, whether heated or not, in Roman bath houses. Also a fish pond.
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8. Piscina
   A niche in the wall of a church or temple where the sacred vessels used in the services are washed. In Medieval churches these were in the southern wall of the chancel. The wall was hollow at this point so the water used could drain away. This may be the identified feature of a chapel, as at Thrislington, County Durham.
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9. Piscina
   A basin free-standing or set in the wall near the altar, usually on the south side, for washing vessels used in the Eucharist.
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10. Piscina
    Recess in the wall near an altar, with a drain, for washing the communion vessels.
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11. Piscina
    Pis·ci'na noun [ Latin , a certain, fishpond, from piscis a fish.] (Architecture) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
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12. piscina
    A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels. ... Origin: L, a certain, fishpond, fr. Piscis a fish. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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13. Piscina
    • (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
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14. piscina
    in Roman times, an artificial reservoir used for swimming or as a fish pond. During the Middle Ages a piscina was a pool or tank in which fish were ...
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15. piscina
    piscina, piscinal 1. In some Christian churches, a sacred container or basin that holds holy water, used to carry it away after ablutions have been completed. 2. The place where a priest can wash his hands and the sacred containers used in Mass, located in the sacristy, especially in a Roman Catholi...
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16. piscina
    basin with drain hole for the priest to wash their hands or vessels, usually set in a niche
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17. Piscina
    A `piscina` is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, used for washing the communion vessels. The `sacrarium` is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. Roman Catholics usually refer to the drain, and by extension, the basin, as the sacrarium. They a...
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