baptistery
Church immersion room
A baptistery is a building or section of a church containing a baptismal font, where the rite of baptism is performed.
In early Christianity, baptisteries were often separate structures; today the term usually refers to an area within a church set apart for baptisms.
The cathedral's ancient baptistery features a marble font from the twelfth century.
Character style set
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- apseVaulted church recess
- octagonalEight-angled polygon form
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
fresco · column · pilaster · narthex · atrium · ambulatory · marble · vault
Ceremony naming a child
- immersionState of being submerged
- sprinklingSmall scattered amount
- anointingCeremonial oil application
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
consecration · ablution · purification · catechumen · neophyte · godparent · white garment · holy water
Sacred ritual conveying grace
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- holyDedicated to the divine
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
devotion · reverence · pilgrimage · relic · liturgy · faith · spirituality · grace
font
Character style set
mosaic · fresco · column · pilaster · narthex · atrium · ambulatory · marble · vault · lantern
christening
Ceremony naming a child
- immersionState of being submerged
- sprinklingSmall scattered amount
- anointingCeremonial oil application
blessing · consecration · ablution · purification · catechumen · neophyte · godparent · white garment · holy water · chrism
sacrament
Sacred ritual conveying grace
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- holyDedicated to the divine
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
sanctified · devotion · reverence · pilgrimage · relic · liturgy · faith · spirituality · grace · salvation
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
minster · church · parish · diocese · clergy · bishop · priest · deacon · congregation · vestry
- sacred sitesBuddhist temples, Jerusalem, consecrated ground, Hindu temples, sacred rivers
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, church, chapel
- baptismchristening, immersion, pouring, sprinkling, submersion
- Baptist Churchimmersion, deacons, altar call, revivals, born again
- BaptistsBaptists, Southern Baptists, missionary societies, colonial churches, separatist movement
baptisterysanctuary
Protected sacred space
funeral chapel · nave · altar · chancel · confessional
baptisterymausoleum
Monumental building for interment
cemetery · crypt · columbarium · charnel house · ossuary