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baptistry

The origin and history of baptistry.

Etymology

The word comes from Middle English baptistery, which itself derives from Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium, going back to Ancient Greek baptistḗrion. It is formed from baptism together with the suffix -ry.

Origin: Ecclesiastical Latin, from Ancient Greek

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