baptistery
9.9
A bowl in a church that holds the water used when someone becomes a church member
- noun
- /ˈbæptɪstəri/
:
bautisterio
- After the service, the pastor invited the congregation to witness the baptism in the baptistery.
Examples
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The church's baptistery was beautifully decorated for the upcoming ceremony.
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-How will you baptize that boy without a Baptistery?
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The old stone baptistery has been a part of the church since its founding in the 1800s.
Synonyms
font
vsbaptistery
4
8.5
A large bowl in a church that holds water for baptisms
is a general church basin not limited to stone material
baptismal font
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1
7.4
A large bowl in a church that holds water for baptisms
is the same basic basin but without stressing decoration
baptistry
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1
9.6
A bowl or small pool in a church for washing a person with water as a religious act
is the same basin term but uses a different word form
Surface Forms
baptistery singular
baptisteries plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word baptistery comes from the Greek baptizein, which means 'to dip' or 'to wash' and is the same root as baptize and baptism. So, a baptistery is the bowl or basin that holds the water for a baptism, where a person may be dipped or washed.