piscina
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Origin of piscina
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin, special use of Latin piscīna a fish pond, swimming pool, equivalent to pisc ( is ) fish + -īna, feminine of -īnus -ine 1
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The chapel had a piscina in the southern wall; the main hall was remarkable for its mighty chimney.
From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden
The church here is cruciform, with a piscina of rare beauty in its Early English chancel, which is closed in by a fourteenth century rood screen of Decorated work.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
There is, nevertheless, a decorated piscina in the east wall to remind one of its former purpose.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
In the wall of the aisle opposite the tomb, is a two-storied piscina, which was formerly within the area of the Chantry, and against the east division doubtless stood the antient altar.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
The piscina in the doorway should be noticed for its carving of a dog gnawing a bone.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
Before the Reformation there certainly were two altars on that side, one at each extremity, where piscinae were discovered during the restorations of 1832.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George
There are within it two piscinae and two aumbries at different levels, indicating, no doubt, an alteration of level in the altar itself during the period that this chantry was in use.
From Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of Ss. Mary & Ethelfleda by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
The religious houses had their piscinae and vivaria—their stews and fish-pools.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Snails were fed in ponds for the purpose, while the villas of the rich had their piscinae filled with fresh or salt-water fish.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
In the eastern aisles of each arm of the transept there were three chantry chapels, whose piscinae remain.
From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon
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