| 单词 | christening font |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschristening font christening font n. a receptacle in a church, typically a large stone basin, for the water used in baptism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > font > [noun] font-fatOE fontOE fontOE cold watera1387 lavacre1548 christening font?c1603 lavatory1631 ?c1603 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1880) 3 310 This yeare and aboute this tyme the christening font in Sainct Chades churche was take' downe. 1893 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 25 June 4/1 It is a fashion now to carry babies to the Christening font in baskets. 2008 M. Burton Dead Ringer 376 Nicole stood by the christening font holding her three-month-old daughter. < as lemmas |
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