Baptistry in Florence, Italy, a separate building just across from the Duomo Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From Middle English baptistery baptisterie Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον ( baptistḗrion ) ; equivalent to baptism -ry
baptistry (plural baptistries
( Christianity ) 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.An indoor pool used for baptism by immersion . Related terms
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Translations
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space where a baptismal font is located
Bulgarian: баптисте́рий m ( baptistérij )
Catalan: baptisteri m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洗禮堂 ／ 洗礼堂 ( xǐlǐtáng )
Czech: baptisterium n
Danish: dåbskapel n
Dutch: baptisterium (nl) n doopkapel (nl) f
Esperanto: baptisterio
Estonian: baptisteerium
Finnish: kastekappeli (fi) , baptisterio (fi)
French: baptistère (fr) m Old French: baptisterie f
Galician: baptisterio (gl) m
German: Baptisterium (de) n Taufkapelle (de) f Taufkirche f
Greek: βαπτιστήριο n ( vaptistírio )
Hungarian: keresztelőkápolna (hu) , baptisztérium (hu)
Italian: battistero (it) m
Japanese: 洗礼堂 ( せいれいどう, seirei-dō )
Korean: 세례당 ( seryedang )
Latin: baptistērium
Macedonian: крстилница f ( krstilnica )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: baptisterium n dåpskapell n
Polish: baptysterium (pl) n
Portuguese: batistério (pt) m
Romanian: baptisteri m
Russian: баптисте́рий (ru) m ( baptistérij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: баптистеријум n баптистериј m крстионица f
Roman: baptisterijum n baptisterij (sh) m krstionica (sh) f
Slovak: baptistérium n
Slovene: krstilnica (sl) f
Spanish: baptisterio (es) m
Swedish: baptisterium (sv) n dopkapell c dopkyrka (sv) c
Tagalog: binyagan bawtisteryo
Turkish: vaftizhane (tr)
Ukrainian: баптисте́рій m ( baptystérij )
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