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baptistery

baptistery is the alternative spelling of baptistry.

Meaning of baptistry

Noun

baptistry (plural baptistries)

  1. A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.
  2. An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion.

Forms of baptistery

pluralbaptisteries

Questions about baptistery

What is baptistery the alternative spelling of?
Baptistery is the alternative spelling of baptistry.

Words near baptistery in the dictionary

  1. Baptist Mills
  2. Baptista
  3. Baptistdom
  4. Baptiste
  5. baptisteries
  6. baptistery
  7. Baptistes
  8. baptistic
  9. baptistical
  10. Baptistism
  11. baptistries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baptistery (page history and authors); baptistry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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