baptistry
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In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near.
A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.
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"The Casting Out of Eden of Adam and Eve," by Giusto De' Menabuoi, in the Baptistry of Padua, Italy Our immortal souls are joined to mortal bodies.
The first time I saw Donatello’s wooden statue of Saint Mary Magdalen, it was on a plinth in the Baptistry in Florence—memorably dark and fierce.
It may have been inspired by the former Romanesque baptistry of the former cathedral in Bunić Square.
The baptistry at the west end contains a carved stone font with a carved oak cover.
There is often a free-standing tower and baptistry.