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baptistery, baptistry|ˈbæptɪstərɪ, ˈbæptɪstrɪ|
Also 5 bapetystore, baptyzatorye, 7 baptistory.
[a. OF. baptisterie, mod. baptistère, ad. L. baptistērium, a. Gr. βαπτιστήριον bathing-place, baptistery, f. βαπτίζειν to baptize. Baptizatorye represented a med.L. modification, baptizātōrium.]
1. That part of a church (or, in early times, a separate building contiguous to the church), in which the rite of baptism is administered.
1460in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 138 The bapetystore there he founde. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 19 He dyd do..compose baptyzatoryes & frentes convenably. 1579Fulke Confut. Sanders 675 The image..painted in the Baptistery. 1636Prynne Unbish. Tim. & Tit. (1661) 54 To enter into the Baptistory. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. 308 They've searched the aisles and Baptistry. 1849Freeman Archit. 161 The round sepulchral chapel and the polygonal baptistery.
2. In modern Baptist places of worship, a receptacle containing water for the baptismal rite.
1835Penny Cycl. III. 416/1. 1853 Wayland Mem. Judson II. v. 187 Leading into the Maulmain baptistery the pious captain of the Ramsay.
3. = baptism. (So OF. baptisterie, and med.L.)
1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi 19 Having tried the tank Of the church-waters used for baptistry. |