baptistery
noun
bap·tis·tery
ˈbap-tə-strē 
especially Southern ˈbab-
variants
or baptistry
plural baptisteries or baptistries
: a part of a church or formerly a separate building used for baptism
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Inside are soaring ceilings, a bubbling baptistery and huge pipe organs illuminated by beams of light entering through the stained glass windows.
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Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
The typical baptistery is behind and above the pulpit, with stairs on the side leading off to a hidden dressing room.
—New York Times, 29 Nov. 2021
The descendants of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, paid for the baptistery’s construction.
—William J. Broad George Etheredge, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
Some of the production crew were mystified to see an immersion baptistery.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2022
The original tiles in the sacristy and in the baptistery were not able to be saved, however, because they were ruined by flooding in the aftermath of firefighting efforts.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
In a frenzy of competitive energy, the city’s guilds lavished attention on its unfinished cathedral, its neighboring baptistery and the former granary-turned-church of Orsanmichele.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
Its sixth-century baptistery is said to be one of the best examples of its kind in the country.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
The men changed clothes in a dressing room on one side of the baptistery; women on the other.
—New York Times, 29 Nov. 2021
Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
The typical baptistery is behind and above the pulpit, with stairs on the side leading off to a hidden dressing room.
—New York Times, 29 Nov. 2021
The descendants of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, paid for the baptistery’s construction.
—William J. Broad George Etheredge, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
Some of the production crew were mystified to see an immersion baptistery.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2022
The original tiles in the sacristy and in the baptistery were not able to be saved, however, because they were ruined by flooding in the aftermath of firefighting efforts.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
In a frenzy of competitive energy, the city’s guilds lavished attention on its unfinished cathedral, its neighboring baptistery and the former granary-turned-church of Orsanmichele.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
Its sixth-century baptistery is said to be one of the best examples of its kind in the country.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
The men changed clothes in a dressing room on one side of the baptistery; women on the other.
—New York Times, 29 Nov. 2021
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