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baptistries

baptistries is the plural 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.

Questions about baptistries

What is baptistries the plural of?
Baptistries is the plural of baptistry.

Words near baptistries in the dictionary

  1. baptistery
  2. Baptistes
  3. baptistic
  4. baptistical
  5. Baptistism
  6. baptistries
  7. baptistry
  8. baptists
  9. baptitoxine
  10. baptizable
  11. baptizand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baptistries (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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