Definitions
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- noun Christianity A designated space within a
church , or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismalfont is located, and consequently, where thesacrament of Christianbaptism (viaaspersion oraffusion ) is performed. - noun An indoor
pool used for baptism byimmersion .
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- noun bowl for baptismal water
Etymologies
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It was sometimes known as the baptistry because of its steep roof and pointed window and doorway and because it was built above a particularly pretty part of the river, where it flowed beneath a stone bridge before spilling over a short but steep waterfall.
Unforgiven Balogh, Mary 1998
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The drama studio "stage" is actually flat to the floor all the way back to a raised area at the back called the baptistry it is after all a converted church, so in order to have an area higher things are built up with rostra and to create walls, large wooden frames with canvas stretched over know as flats are erected.
Play week 2007
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The drama studio "stage" is actually flat to the floor all the way back to a raised area at the back called the baptistry it is after all a converted church, so in order to have an area higher things are built up with rostra and to create walls, large wooden frames with canvas stretched over know as flats are erected.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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The baptistry is a long, narrow pool, arranged to resemble
Russell H. Conwell Agnes Rush Burr
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In the baptistry is a font of hammered copper, probably made either at
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California George Wharton James 1890
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I remember walking into church "sanctuaries" and the first thing most people see in plain sight on the wall right next to the baptistry is the attendance board that ironically seemed to show the priorities of the congregation.
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The outside of the baptistry is a cylinder with a cone on top, but the inside is a dome.
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The baptistry was a cemented pit directly under the pulpit rostrum, over which we had our stage when we sang "Queen
A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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Warning: You will cry like a baby in the baptistry.
Mega Buzz: New Loves on Big Bang Theory, House and Lots of Grey's Anatomy Tears 2011
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Beyond the fact that he was writing music in the mid-1470s, almost nothing is known about him until July 1485, when he became one of the singers at the baptistry of S.
Archive 2009-05-01 Lu 2009
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