Baptistery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Baptistery \Bap"tis*ter*y\,Baptistry \Bap"tis*try\, n.; pl.
     {Baptisteries}, {Baptistries}. [L. baptisterium, Gr.
     baptisth`rion: 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.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  baptistery
       n : bowl for baptismal water [syn: {baptismal font}, {baptistry},
            {font}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "baptistery":
     Easter sepulcher, affusion, ambry, apse, aspergation, aspersion,
     baptism, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptizement,
     blindstory, chancel, choir, chrismal, christening, cloisters,
     confessional, confessionary, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, font,
     immersion, infusion, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft,
     rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, sprinkling,
     total immersion, transept, triforium, vestry