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Definition: Baptistry |
BaptistryNoun1. Bowl for baptismal water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "baptistry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: BaptistrySynonyms: baptismal font (n), baptistery (n), font (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Baptistry |
| English words defined with "baptistry": Baptisteries ♦ -tries. (references) |
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 | Panoramic view of Baptistry, Cathedral and Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, Italy. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Baptistry Door Panel, Florence" by Sam Segar Commentary: "One of the 12 panels by Ghiberti on the door of the Baptistry in Florence. This one depicts the Exodus from Egypts ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Baptistry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Baptistry" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
baptistry | 51 |
portable baptistry | 16 |
fiberglass baptistry | 8 |
church baptistry | 7 |
baptistry heater | 7 |
angel baptistry | 5 |
baptistry tank | 2 |
baptistry pump | 2 |
baptistry giant little | 2 |
baptistry door ghiberti | 2 |
baptistry florence | 2 |
baptistry murals | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "baptistry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | baptisterium (baptistery). (various references) | |
Greek | βαπτιστήριο (baptistery). (various references) | |
Hungarian | keresztelőkápolna (baptistery). (various references) | |
Italian | battistero (baptistery). (various references) | |
Manx | ynnyd vashtee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aptistrybay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | batistério (baptist). (various references) | |
Russian | баптистерий (baptistery). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | krstionica (baptistery, font). (various references) | |
Spanish | bautisterio (baptistery). (various references) | |
Turkish | kilisenin vaftiz bölümü (baptistery). (various references) | |
Welsh | bedyddfa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-p-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: baptist, biparty, yttrias. | |
-3 letters: artist, bratty, britts, bypast, parity, pastry, rapist, strait, strati, stript, stripy, tapirs, traits, typist, yttria. | |
-4 letters: abris, airts, artsy, astir, atrip, baits, batts, batty, bitsy, bitts, bitty, brats, brays, brits, britt, pairs, paris, parts, party, pasty, patsy, patty, pitas, prats, prays, raspy, ratty, sabir, satyr, sitar, spait, spirt, spiry. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-p-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: baptistery. | |
+3 letters: absorptivity. | |
+5 letters: presentability, respectability, supportability. | |
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