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

Examples of baptistery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Inside are soaring ceilings, a bubbling baptistery and huge pipe organs illuminated by beams of light entering through the stained glass windows. —

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 See all Example Sentences for baptistery

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