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
  • Its sixth-century baptistery is said to be one of the best examples of its kind in the country.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • There is no longer a permanent pastor, though, and the full-immersion baptistery has fallen out of use.
    — New York Times, 16 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • While the cathedral was discovered earlier this year, the baptistery was only uncovered this summer.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • The original tiles in the sacristy and in the baptistery were not able to be saved, however, because they were ruined by flooding in the aftermath of firefighting efforts.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Visitors can purchase combination tickets that include entrance to multiple attractions, including the baptistery.
    — Prathap Nair, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019
  • An ancient baptistery was recently unearthed in France – and archaeologists say the discovery sheds light on Christian rituals from over 1,500 years ago.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • In Rome's Appian Way Regional Park, excavators found a Roman bathhouse-turned-church that functioned as an ancient baptistery.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • At the Appian Way Regional Park, an urban park in Rome, excavators recently found an ancient bath-turned-baptistery, with evidence of a Christian church at the site.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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