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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_91238" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_91238" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68565" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68565" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A circular building, sometimes detached from a church, in which the rite of baptism is administered; the most remarkable, that of Pisa. </p> | ||
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