A baptistry is a building, or room inside a church, used for administering the Christian ritual of baptism.
When a baptistery is a free-standing building, it is usually octagonal in shape, because eight is the symbolic number of salvation.
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| Article Title | baptistery |
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| Date Published |
March 17, 2015
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| Last Updated |
October 30, 2025
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| Full URL |
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| MLA Citation | “baptistery.” ReligionFacts. 17 Mar 2015, https://religionfacts.com/baptistery. Accessed 18 Dec 2025. |
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