Definition of "baptistry" [baptistry]

• 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. (noun)
• An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "The baptistry is a long, narrow pool, arranged to resemble"