1) Christian religious object 2) Latin phrase
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1) Conduit
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A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, 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 are often made of s...
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basin set in wall of church to drain away ceremonial water
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• (n.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
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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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basin with drain hole for the priest to wash their hands or vessels, usually set in a niche
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Hand basin with drain, usually set against or into a wall.
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Hand basin with drain, usually set against or into a wall.
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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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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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Recess in the wall near an altar, with a drain, for washing the communion vessels.
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handbasin, usually set in or against a wall, with drain
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Recess in the wall near an altar, with a drain, for washing the communion vessels.
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A term applied to the plunge pools, whether heated or not, in Roman bath houses. Also a fish pond.
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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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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 the priest washed his hands, as well as that with wh...
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In ecclesiastical architecture, a basin of stone or marble in which the challice is washed after the rite of the Eucharist.
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(Latin) a place for swimming, a bath, a pond.
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handbasin, usually set in or against a wall, with drain
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swimming-bath in a public bath- house
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pools
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