baptistry
English
Baptistry in Florence, Italy, a separate building just across from the Duomo
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English baptistery, baptisterie, from Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion); equivalent to baptism + -ry.
Noun
baptistry (plural baptistries)
Translations
space where a baptismal font is located
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