Definition of Baptistry. Meaning of Baptistry. Synonyms of Baptistry

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Definition of Baptistry

Baptistry
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.

Meaning of Baptistry from wikipedia

- In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French baptisterie; Latin baptisterium; Gr**** βαπτιστήριον, 'bathing-place, baptistery', from...
- The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John (Italian: Battistero di San Giovanni), is a religious building in Florence, Italy....
- Eastern part of the Roman Empire and possibly by an Arian bishop. This baptistry was for many generations the only baptistery in Rome, and its domed octagonal...
- Pisa Baptistry 2002...
- ISBN 9780870991790 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baptistry of Neon. The Mosaics of the Baptistry of Neon - Mosaic Art Source Battistero Neoniano - Sacred...
- The Baptistère Saint-Jean (Baptistery of St John) is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France. It is reputed to be the oldest existing Christian building...
- Oxford History of Christian Worship; "one of the larger rooms served as a baptistry, another for the celebration of the Eucharist, and a third possibly for...
- The Arian Baptistry in Ravenna, Italy is a Christian baptismal building that was erected by the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great between the end of...
- to the needs of Christianity. Constructed in the 6th century A.D., the baptistry was excavated in May 1928 by an Italian archaeological mission to Albania...
- Baptistry of Kélibia Four-lobed baptismal font from Kélibia with its rich mosaic decoration and the texts that cover it. Religion Affiliation Early Christianity...