baptistry
Origin of baptistry
1- Also bap·tis·ter·y [bap-tuh-stree, -tis-tuh-ree] /ˈbæp tə stri, -tɪs tə ri/ .
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How to use baptistry in a sentence
It is remarkable for the very perfect subterranean baptistery to be hereafter described.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowAnd Florence chose the pillars, which stand to-day beside the eastern gate of the Baptistery in that city.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonHowever this may be, Ghiberti began the work at once, and finished the door on the north side of the Baptistery in ten years.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThe first of his two bronze gates for the baptistery occupied Ghiberti twenty years.
Two ears of corn, or leaves, do the same thing in the mouldings round the northern door of the Baptistery at Florence.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) | John Ruskin
British Dictionary definitions for baptistry
baptistery
/ (ˈbæptɪstrɪ) /
a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
a tank in a Baptist church in which baptisms are carried out
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