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What is a piscina?

What is a piscina? Here are some definitions.

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  1. A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
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Near it is a double piscina, formed by a couple of shafts with capitals hollowed out with multifoil cusping.
The church itself is home to a 100-year-old organ, 14th century carvings and a 12 th century baptism font known as a piscina.
The sedilia are Perpendicular, and an Early English piscina and aumbry are observable behind the altar.
In the recess on the east side there is a piscina which marks the site of an altar.
The second stone was apparently the octagonal upper portion of a piscina or lavacrum, like those found near the altar in 13 th century churches.
A tall, richly carved and traceried roodscreen, divides nave from chancel, which has a plain sedilia and piscina.

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