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 fact that at Maxey Church, Northamptonshire, a piscina is to be found in the south wall of the clerestory would seem to enforce such a theory.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
The east end of the north aisle forms a roomy chapel which is dedicated to St. Stephen, and contains a piscina of the same type as those in the neighbouring chapels.
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
Behind it is a wall memorial to their father, and to the side is a piscina, which has at the back of it an old fresco, probably of the fourteenth century.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
No trace of ecclesiastical use is found within it, but a few of the old roof-timbers are discernible; the piscina, windows, &c., being doubtless removed when it underwent the process of conversion.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
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
In the eastern aisles of each arm of the transept there were three chantry chapels, whose piscinae remain.
From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon
Inlets and creeks, which wear even now an artificial air, mark the site of piscinae and refreshing lakes.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various
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
Oysters from the Lucrine Lake were in great demand; snails were fattened in ponds for cooking, while the villas of the rich had their piscinae filled with fresh or salt-water fish.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John
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
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