a baptismal font.

Christian Church. A receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a large stone basin mounted on a free-standing structure.

Christian Church. In plural in same sense. Obsolete.

Formerly, the water of baptism; the font.

A bath or font; esp. in figurative phrases descriptive of baptism, e.g. lavacre of regeneration, lavacre of salvation, after Tit. iii. 5 Vulgate lav…

a receptacle in a church, typically a large stone basin, for the water used in baptism.

figurative and in figurative contexts, chiefly with reference to spiritual cleansing through baptism, confession, suffering, etc. Cf. lavacre, n.…