Found 3 hits - Term: baptistery, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
baptistery \bap"tistery\,baptistry \bap"tistry\, n.; pl.
baptisteries, baptistries. l. baptisterium, gr.
baptisth`rion: cf. f. baptist`ere. 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.
1913 webster
see also:
baptisteries baptistries
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
baptistery
n : bowl for baptismal water syn: baptismal font, baptistry,
font
see also:
baptismal font baptistry font
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 moby thesaurus words for "baptistery":
easter sepulcher, affusion, ambry, apse, aspergation, aspersion,
baptism, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptizement,
blindstory, chancel, choir, chrismal, christening, cloisters,
confessional, confessionary, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, font,
immersion, infusion, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft,
rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, sprinkling,
total immersion, transept, triforium, vestry
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