|
|
Definition of Baptistry
1. Noun. Bowl for baptismal water.
Definition of Baptistry
1. Noun. (Christianity) A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed. ¹
2. Noun. An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baptistry
1. [n -TRIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baptistry
Literary usage of Baptistry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Road in Tuscany: A Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett (1904)
"I was now in the centre of a hive of people, the most delightful and interesting
I had ever baptistry, PISTOJA. seen. Their background was the Cathedral ..."
2. Events in the Life of Charles George Gordon: From Its Beginning to Its End by Henry William Gordon (1886)
"The priests found a Crusader buried in his armour in a tomb, and out he came. "
The following is a sketch and description of the baptistry found at ..."
3. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"... now recognised with practical unanimity that the stone columns FIO. 10.-EPITOMISED
STORY OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB.-RELIEF FROM baptistry, FLORENCE. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"6. The Choir. 7. Western Part of the South Aisle. 8. The Eastern Part of Ditto.
9. The Eastern Transept. io. The baptistry. n. Trinity Chapel. 12. ..."
5. Tuscan Sculptors: Their Lives, Works and Times by Charles Callahan Perkins (1864)
"1425 Two bronze reliefs in baptistry font at Siena . . 1427 FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO—
Born ....... 1439 Seventy-two bas-reliefs of military machines in the ..."
Other Resources:
