Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Baptistery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baptistery \Bap"tis*ter*y\,Baptistry \Bap"tis*try\, n.; pl.
{Baptisteries}, {-tries} (?). [L. baptisterium, Gr. ?: cf. F.
baptist[`e]re.] (Arch.)
(a) In early times, a separate building, usually
polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches
were often changed into baptisteries when larger
churches were built near.
(b) A part of a church containing a font and used for
baptismal services.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
baptistery
n : bowl for baptismal water [syn: {baptismal font}, {baptistry},
{font}]
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