piscina 的定义
plural pis·ci·nae [pi-sahy-nee, pi-see-]. /pɪˈsaɪ ni, pɪˈsi-/. Ecclesiastical.
- a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
更多piscina例句
- Hawkers account (on p. 11) of the discovery of the piscina in the chancel wall at Morwenstow is, however, very circumstantial.
- Mr. Baring-Gould evidently uses the word piscina as meaning the whole recess beside the altar.
- This he supposed was a piscina drain, and accordingly set it up in the recess beside his altar.
- On the approach to this promontory lies the Piscina Mirabilis, one of the most striking remains of Roman building.
- The chancel contains a piscina and a circular font, dating from the middle of the seventeenth century.