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nounfɒntfɑnt 1A receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure. Example sentencesExamples - Members of the congregation renewed their baptismal vows and in response received a generous sprinkling of water from the huge font.
- A five-tonne font (a stone bowl in a church that holds water for baptism) in granite that was used by the prior is also on display.
- Stone water fonts are to be placed at the doors in Midfield Church.
- A granite stone holy water font was thrown into the river and about 100 years ago it was retrieved from the water and re-erected.
- ‘The painting will hang in the Victorian baptistry behind the stone font which is a very fitting location,’ he said.
- Keep water in the font as a reminder of baptism.
- The sprinkler is filled with consecrated water from the baptismal font, which is drizzled onto the initiate during the ritual.
- Out of sheer desperation I crawled down to the local church and threw myself in a font of holy water.
- Have on hand the baptismal font, pitcher of water, the Advent wreath and matches.
- At the appointed moment, we gathered round the ancient stone font to witness the baptism.
- With good reason, they had come to believe that the path to freedom ran through the baptismal font of the Reformed Church.
- Most fonts were made of stone, although other materials such as marble, lead, copper, and bronze were also used.
- The font was filled with water that seemed to be boiling.
- He wrote about wine and studied church architecture, making a particular study of 11 th century church fonts.
- In Dublin two years ago, some church fonts were removed when it was learned that drug users rinsed their syringes in the holy water.
- Catholics symbolically carry on this tradition with holy water fonts at the entrances of their churches.
- She had installed crucifixes in various rooms in the home, and had placed a font containing holy water in the home.
- A holy water font salvaged from a church is work in progress.
- The font, the church, the altar and the pulpit were all consecrated in turn and the ceremony ended with a Candlemass procession.
- This spring water was used in the font in the church to christen babies.
2A reservoir for oil in an oil lamp. Example sentencesExamples - The oil reservoir, or font, was mounted on top of the cistern, and the flow of oil into it was controlled by a valve.
3A source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount. they dip down into the font of wisdom Example sentencesExamples - He is a font of the entrepreneurial wisdom needed to do it.
- Drink from that font of wisdom while it still is available to us.
- Over the years the state has been central to the theology of economics just as the established church was the font of all knowledge in Catholicism.
- They are and should remain the font of wisdom for all humanity.
- For the Canaanites, the world-pole was the Mountain: the wild place sacred to the gods, the font of lifegiving water.
- Be the all-knowing, absolute font of authority and wisdom.
- This font of online wisdom and wisecracks will turn one year old on November 13 th.
- This conduit not only served as a font of technical wisdom but also afforded them valuable political leverage.
- Let the words flow from that font of wisdom herself.
Origin Late Old English: from Latin fons, font- 'spring, fountain', occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi 'baptismal water(s'). fountain from Middle English: A fountain was originally used to mean a natural spring of water rather than an artificial one, and comes from Latin fontana ‘spring’. Fount ‘source’ (the French for ‘spring’, in English from the Late Middle Ages) was formed in English in the late 16th century. The baptismal font (Old English) comes from the same root, although the printing font (late 16th century), made from melted and cast metal, comes from fondre (see found).
Rhymes Comte, conte, fount, pont, quant, Vermont, want nounfɒntfɑnt Printing A set of type of one particular face and size. written material in a variety of fonts and formats Example sentencesExamples - And I ultimately wound up changing nearly every font to different flavors of Arial, which yields a distressingly mundane appearance.
- In looking at the photocopies, he said, ‘I really felt we could not definitively say which font this is.’
- And I kinda liked your red crayon-scrawly powerpoints - what font is that?
- But as I watched the credits unfold I thought: I know that font.
- And it's all in a teeny weeny eye-straining font.
Synonyms print, typeface, face, characters, lettering, letters
Origin Late 16th century (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre 'to melt'. nounfäntfɑnt 1A receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a freestanding stone structure. Example sentencesExamples - Stone water fonts are to be placed at the doors in Midfield Church.
- He wrote about wine and studied church architecture, making a particular study of 11 th century church fonts.
- In Dublin two years ago, some church fonts were removed when it was learned that drug users rinsed their syringes in the holy water.
- Keep water in the font as a reminder of baptism.
- Have on hand the baptismal font, pitcher of water, the Advent wreath and matches.
- With good reason, they had come to believe that the path to freedom ran through the baptismal font of the Reformed Church.
- Out of sheer desperation I crawled down to the local church and threw myself in a font of holy water.
- The font, the church, the altar and the pulpit were all consecrated in turn and the ceremony ended with a Candlemass procession.
- The font was filled with water that seemed to be boiling.
- Catholics symbolically carry on this tradition with holy water fonts at the entrances of their churches.
- Most fonts were made of stone, although other materials such as marble, lead, copper, and bronze were also used.
- A granite stone holy water font was thrown into the river and about 100 years ago it was retrieved from the water and re-erected.
- At the appointed moment, we gathered round the ancient stone font to witness the baptism.
- Members of the congregation renewed their baptismal vows and in response received a generous sprinkling of water from the huge font.
- A holy water font salvaged from a church is work in progress.
- This spring water was used in the font in the church to christen babies.
- The sprinkler is filled with consecrated water from the baptismal font, which is drizzled onto the initiate during the ritual.
- She had installed crucifixes in various rooms in the home, and had placed a font containing holy water in the home.
- ‘The painting will hang in the Victorian baptistry behind the stone font which is a very fitting location,’ he said.
- A five-tonne font (a stone bowl in a church that holds water for baptism) in granite that was used by the prior is also on display.
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2A reservoir for oil in an oil lamp. Example sentencesExamples - The oil reservoir, or font, was mounted on top of the cistern, and the flow of oil into it was controlled by a valve.
3A source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount. they dip down into the font of wisdom Example sentencesExamples - He is a font of the entrepreneurial wisdom needed to do it.
- This font of online wisdom and wisecracks will turn one year old on November 13 th.
- Be the all-knowing, absolute font of authority and wisdom.
- Let the words flow from that font of wisdom herself.
- They are and should remain the font of wisdom for all humanity.
- Over the years the state has been central to the theology of economics just as the established church was the font of all knowledge in Catholicism.
- For the Canaanites, the world-pole was the Mountain: the wild place sacred to the gods, the font of lifegiving water.
- This conduit not only served as a font of technical wisdom but also afforded them valuable political leverage.
- Drink from that font of wisdom while it still is available to us.
Origin Late Old English: from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi ‘baptismal water(s’). nounfäntfɑnt Printing A set of type of one particular face and size. written material in a variety of fonts and formats Example sentencesExamples - And it's all in a teeny weeny eye-straining font.
- And I kinda liked your red crayon-scrawly powerpoints - what font is that?
- But as I watched the credits unfold I thought: I know that font.
- And I ultimately wound up changing nearly every font to different flavors of Arial, which yields a distressingly mundane appearance.
- In looking at the photocopies, he said, ‘I really felt we could not definitively say which font this is.’
Synonyms print, typeface, face, characters, lettering, letters
Origin Late 16th century (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre ‘to melt’. |