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baptistery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | baptismal font, baptistry, font |
| Type of | basin |
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The north aisle was added in 1911, and the baptistery and south porch in 1925-26.
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A miniature church, likely a baptistery, adjoined the cathedral from the south.
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Around 1255 he received a commission for the pulpit in the baptistery of Pisa.
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One important physical link to Ephrem's lifetime is the baptistery of Nisibis.
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Now only the ruins of the baptistery and the octagonal baptismal font remain.
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To the latter date also belongs a large baptistery decorated with mosaics at Naples.
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The baptistery was demolished to build the old cathedral in the 9th century.
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It is probable that this form came about to accommodate a baptistery at the west end.
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Many of the early archbishops of Canterbury were buried in the baptistery at Canterbury.
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- Baptismal font: bowl for baptismal water
- In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Latin baptisterium, from Greek) is the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistery may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral and be provided with an altar as a chapel. ...
- The Florence Baptistery or Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of St. John) is a religious building in Florence (Tuscany), Italy, which has the status of a minor basilica.
- A separate room or building of a church containing the font.
- The separate building in which the Sacrament of
- A building or part of a church, often round or octagonal, in which the sacrament of baptism is performed.
- The area in which baptisms are performed.
- Located adjacent to the Main Altar, the Bapistery features a marble baptismal font as well as dozens of wall and ceiling paintings of with religious symbols and peoples.
- The place where baptism takes place.
