the part of a church used for baptism (教堂中)洗礼堂(室) ■(historical)a building next to a church, used for baptism (史)(教堂旁)洗礼堂 ■(in a Baptist chapel) a sunken receptacle used for baptism by total immersion (浸礼会礼拜堂)浸礼池
语源
Middle English : from Old French baptistere, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek baptistērion, from baptizein 'immerse, baptize'