BAP'TISTERY, noun [Latin baptisterium.] A place where the sacrament of baptism is administered. Primitively, baptisteries were in buildings separate from the church; but in the sixth century, they were taken into the church-porch, and afterwards into the church itself.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.