baptistery

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English

Noun

baptistery (plural baptisteries)

  1. Alternative spelling of baptistry.
    • 1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 8:
      For today, my father made arrangements with another minister – a friend of his who still had a real church building with a real baptistery.

Middle English

Noun

baptistery

  1. Alternative form of baptisterie