Crossword clues for piscina
piscina
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Piscina \Pis*ci"na\, n. [L., a certain, fishpond, fr. piscis a fish.] (Arch.) A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
Wiktionary
n. A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
Wikipedia
A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. Roman Catholics usually refer to the drain, and by extension, the basin, as the sacrarium. They are often made of stone and fitted with a drain, and are in some cases used to dispose of materials used in the sacraments and water from liturgical ablutions. They are found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, and a similar vessel is used in Eastern Orthodox churches.
Usage examples of "piscina".
The mainline of the aqueduct would be up in that hill at the back of the villa, buried a yard beneath the surface, running on an axis north to south, from Baiae down to the Piscina Mirabilis.
Piscina Mirabilis, were in such a mess, might it be because they had been tampered with?
Such a document could only have come from one of two places, either the archive of the Curator Aquarum in Rome, or the Piscina Mirabilis in Misenum.
Corax to row them towards the centre of the Piscina and when they reached it he handed him the torch, uncorked the bottle and rolled up the sleeves of his tunic.
Put one cohort at the Port of Rome, the Campus Lanatarius, the Piscinae Publicae, the Porta Capena, the Circus Maximus, the Forum Boarium, the Forum Holitorium, the Velabrum, the Circus Flaminius, and the Campus Martius.
Lui per tutta risposta la prendeva in giro, dicendo che lei non si era impegnata abbastanza da indurlo così su due piedi a sottoscrivere un accordo senza il suo agente, nel cortile posteriore di casa sua, sul tavolo a fianco alla piscina.
E fu Daryl che la fittò per tutti quegli anni a gente del cinema, facendo sì che fossero loro a saldare il conto della nuova piscina, della nuova moquette, del nuovo belvedere e dei dipinti, che la facevano somigliare a una vetrina di museo.