How to Use baptistery in a Sentence

baptistery

noun

• The men changed clothes in a dressing room on one side of the baptistery; women on the other.
  — New York Times, 29 Nov. 2021
• According to the ministry, the baptistery was taken to an atrium outside the door of one of the courtrooms and filled with water.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 30 May 2017
• The 11th-century church at the site had a baptistery, nave and altar that were largely intact, though its walls had cracked enough to let in sunlight and rain.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2016
• There is no longer a permanent pastor, though, and the full-immersion baptistery has fallen out of use.
  — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021
• Walk through the temple and see the ordinance and sealing rooms, as well as the baptistery, and enjoy an opportunity to ask questions.
  — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 13 Oct. 2017
• During the special Mass, the relics will be on display in the cathedral’s baptistery and the Sistine Chapel Choir will alternate with the cathedral choir in performing liturgical songs.
  — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
• The judge consented, according to A.R.M., which supplied the baptistery.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 30 May 2017
• Amid alleys crammed with gelato shops, cafés, and souvenir stores, fifth- and sixth-century churches, mausoleums, and baptisteries stand out with their ochre and fawn facades.
  — Prathap Nair, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019
• Set out on a walking tour of the city’s outstanding medieval center; and stop by the fifth-century baptistery, an octagonal building adjacent to the Albenga Cathedral where baptisms were typically performed.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Visitors can purchase combination tickets that include entrance to multiple attractions, including the baptistery.
  — Prathap Nair, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019

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