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Get to know Baptistry better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like baptistery or font.

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Baptistry in a sentence

Baptistry meaning

  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.

Synonyms of Baptistry

baptismal font baptistery font basin

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Other words often associated with Baptistry or its synonyms:

lavatory type fount depression face sink vessel typeface

Example types with baptistry

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Short example sentences

There is often a free-standing tower and baptistry. (9 words)

The baptistry at the west end contains a carved stone font with a carved oak cover. (16 words)

It may have been inspired by the former Romanesque baptistry of the former cathedral in Bunić Square. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Giovanni Fanelli, (1980) Brunelleschi, Becocci Firenze, pp. 3–10 The sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti had laboured for fifty years to create the bronze doors of the Baptistry, which Michelangelo was to describe as "The Gates of Paradise". (36 words)

Flanked by the Baptistry and Giotto’s Campanile, the Duomo is the crown jewel in what is arguably the finest public composition of Gothic/Renaissance architecture in the world. (29 words)

It may have been inspired by the former Romanesque baptistry of the former cathedral in Bunić Square. (17 words)

Example sentences (5)

Flanked by the Baptistry and Giotto’s Campanile, the Duomo is the crown jewel in what is arguably the finest public composition of Gothic/Renaissance architecture in the world.

Giovanni Fanelli, (1980) Brunelleschi, Becocci Firenze, pp. 3–10 The sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti had laboured for fifty years to create the bronze doors of the Baptistry, which Michelangelo was to describe as "The Gates of Paradise".

It may have been inspired by the former Romanesque baptistry of the former cathedral in Bunić Square.

The baptistry at the west end contains a carved stone font with a carved oak cover.

There is often a free-standing tower and baptistry.

Common combinations with baptistry

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the baptistry 3×

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How do you use "baptistry" in a sentence?
An example: "Flanked by the Baptistry and Giotto’s Campanile, the Duomo is the crown jewel in what is arguably the finest public composition of Gothic/Renaissance architecture in the world." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "baptistry" from authentic English texts.
What does "baptistry" mean?
Baptistry means: 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.
What are synonyms of "baptistry"?
Common synonyms of "baptistry" include: baptismal font, baptistery, font, basin.
How many example sentences with "baptistry" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "baptistry", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.