Baptistry
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.
- 2 bowl for baptismal water wordnet
- 3 An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion.
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From Middle English baptistery, baptisterie, from Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion); equivalent to baptism + -ry.