BAPTISTERY; BAPTISTRY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.


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