baptistery

Questions about baptistery

What does baptistery mean?

baptistery means "bowl for baptismal water".

How many syllables are in baptistery?

baptistery has 3 syllables: bap-ti-stery. The stress falls on "bap". In IPA it is /ˈbæptəstɹi/.

What is another word for baptistery?

Close synonyms include baptismal font, baptistry, font. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baptistery a common word?

baptistery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.