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What is a baptistry?

What is a baptistry? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Christianity) 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.
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He won early distinction for himself when he entered the competition to create the bronze doors for the baptistry of the city's cathedral.
There is a window in this baptistry, too, that is the envy of critics and collectors.
This reply was so unsatisfactory that he was refused the use of the baptistry.
During the reconstruction of the church between 1965 and 1969, it was located in the old baptistry but was much smaller in size.
As far as the historical aspects are concerned, it is necessary to mention the Romanesque Baptistry and the adjacent cupelled boulder with Celtic engravings.
And soon the two boys were floating about in the delightful depths of the baptistry.

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