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What (who) is BAPTISTERY - definition
SEPARATE BUILDINGS OR PARTS OF BUILDINGS CONTAINING A FONT FOR THE BAPTISMAL RITE
Baptistry; Baptisteries; Baptistries
![The 5th century baptistery of [[Albenga]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albenga-IMG 0352.JPG?width=200 "The 5th century baptistery of [[Albenga]]")
![Baptistry, [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baptistry, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania).jpg?width=200 "Baptistry, [[Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania)]]")
![Baptistery in the [[Basilica of St. John]] in [[Ephesus]], Turkey](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basilica of St. John in Ephesus 06.jpg?width=200 "Baptistery in the [[Basilica of St. John]] in [[Ephesus]], Turkey")
![St. Giovanni Baptistery in Florence]], Italy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Firenze.Baptistry06.JPG?width=200 "St. Giovanni Baptistery in Florence]], Italy")
![Žiča Monastery]] near [[Kraljevo]], [[Serbia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manastir Žiča (by Pudelek) 01.JPG?width=200 "Žiča Monastery]] near [[Kraljevo]], [[Serbia]]")
![The [[Merovingian]] [[Baptistère Saint-Jean]], [[Poitiers]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poitiers - Baptistère Saint-Jean 4.jpg?width=200 "The [[Merovingian]] [[Baptistère Saint-Jean]], [[Poitiers]]")
![The [[Lateran Baptistery]], Rome, 440](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rom, San Giovanni in Laterano, Baptisterium, Außenansicht 2.jpg?width=200 "The [[Lateran Baptistery]], Rome, 440")
baptistery
(also baptistry)
¦ noun (plural baptisteries or baptistries) the part of a church used for baptism.
?(in a Baptist chapel) a sunken receptacle used for baptism by total immersion.
Baptistery
·noun ·Alt. of Baptistry.
Baptistery
In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French baptisterie; Latin baptisterium; Greek , 'bathing-place, baptistery', from , baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistery may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral, and provided with an altar as a chapel.
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Baptistery
In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French baptisterie; Latin baptisterium; Greek βαπτιστήριον, 'bathing-place, baptistery', from βαπτίζειν, baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistery may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral, and provided with an altar as a chapel. In the early Church, the catechumens were instructed and the sacrament of baptism was administered in the baptistery.
