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.
Baptistery
| Definition: baptistery |
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| A baptistery is a building or a part of a building containing a baptismal font and used for the Christian ritual of baptism. Free-standing baptisteries are usually octagonal in shape, as eight is the symbolic number of salvation. |