baptistery noun. ['baptɪst(ǝ)ri] Also baptistry [-tri]. ME.
[Old French ba(p)tistere, -erie (mod. baptistère) from ecclesiastical Latin baptisterium from ecclesiastical Greek baptistērion, from baptizein (see BAPTIZE).]
1. That part of a church (or, formerly, a separate building adjacent to a church) used for baptism. ME.

2. In a Baptist chapel, a receptacle containing water for baptism by immersion. M19.

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