释义 |
baptistery/ˈbæptist(ə)ri/n. (also 亦作 baptistry /-tri/) (pl. -ies) 1a the part of a church used for baptism 教堂洗礼处 b hist. a building next to a church, used for baptism [史义] (附设于教堂的)洗礼堂 2 (in a Baptist chapel) a sunken receptacle used for total immersion (浸礼会教堂内的)洗礼池 [Middle English via Old French baptisterie and ecclesiastical Latin baptisterium from ecclesiastical Greek baptistērion ‘bathing place’, from baptizō BAPTIZE] |