baptistery
separate buildings or parts of buildings containing a font for the baptismal rite
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baptistery
Summary
baptistery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- baptistery is a type of chapel[2].
- baptistery is a type of architectural structure[3].
- baptistery is a type of Christian religious building space[4].
- baptistery is used for baptism[5].
- baptistery's Commons category is recorded as Baptistries[6].
- baptistery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Baptisteries[7].
- baptistery's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as building=font[8].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[9].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[10].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
- baptistery's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[17].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include chapel[2], architectural structure[3], and Christian religious building space[4].
Use and Application
baptistery is used for baptism[5].
Why It Matters
baptistery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[1] baptistery has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] baptistery is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]