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Definition of Piscina
1. n. A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
Definition of Piscina
1. Noun. A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piscina
1. a basin used in certain church ceremonies [n -NAE or -NAS] : PISCINAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Piscina
1. A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels. Origin: L, a certain, fishpond, fr. Piscis a fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piscina
Literary usage of Piscina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"17: piscina AND NICHE; ... Plan above piscina. Flff. 4. Plan below piscina showing
consoles of base. Figs. ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"The exceptionally wide the Antiquary by Miss C. Gostenhofer during niche over
the Norman piscina has had, at a later date, grooves cut in the sides to carry ..."
3. The Works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham by Joseph Bingham, Richard D. Bingham (1855)
"... piscina, and is sometimes expressly distinguished from the baptistery, ...
he says, ' It was called piscina, in allusion to our Saviour's technical term ..."
4. English Church Furniture by John Charles Cox, Alfred Harvey (1908)
"CHAPTER III piscina—SEDILIA—EASTER SEPULCHRE—LECTERN THE piscina piscina is the
name usually given to the water-drain placed near to an altar. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1905)
"The removal of this vault disclosed the piscina described in this notice and
shown in fig. 1. It was embedded in the south wall, close to the south-east ..."
6. An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1888)
"_, piscina shewing geometrical tracery, OR VAULTS, are distinguished from those
of the preceding style chiefly by an additional number of ribs, ..."
7. The Church of St. Martin, Canterbury: An Illustrated Account of Its History by Charles Francis Routledge (1901)
"At the south-east corner is the celebrated Norman piscina, said to be one of the
... It is not impossible that the piscina was originally placed somewhere ..."
8. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"17: piscina AND NICHE; ... Plan above piscina. Flff. 4. Plan below piscina showing
consoles of base. Figs. ..."
9. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"The exceptionally wide the Antiquary by Miss C. Gostenhofer during niche over
the Norman piscina has had, at a later date, grooves cut in the sides to carry ..."
10. The Works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham by Joseph Bingham, Richard D. Bingham (1855)
"... piscina, and is sometimes expressly distinguished from the baptistery, ...
he says, ' It was called piscina, in allusion to our Saviour's technical term ..."
11. English Church Furniture by John Charles Cox, Alfred Harvey (1908)
"CHAPTER III piscina—SEDILIA—EASTER SEPULCHRE—LECTERN THE piscina piscina is the
name usually given to the water-drain placed near to an altar. ..."
12. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1905)
"The removal of this vault disclosed the piscina described in this notice and
shown in fig. 1. It was embedded in the south wall, close to the south-east ..."
13. An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1888)
"_, piscina shewing geometrical tracery, OR VAULTS, are distinguished from those
of the preceding style chiefly by an additional number of ribs, ..."
14. The Church of St. Martin, Canterbury: An Illustrated Account of Its History by Charles Francis Routledge (1901)
"At the south-east corner is the celebrated Norman piscina, said to be one of the
... It is not impossible that the piscina was originally placed somewhere ..."
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