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Meanings of baptismal fonts in English

Russian
купель
Portuguese
pia batismal
Spanish
fuente bautismal
Catalan
pila baptismal
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Large basins or other vessels set in or on the ground or fixed on a pedestal and intended for use in the baptismal rite.

        купель
        Synonyms
        Examples for "font"
        Examples for "font"
        1
        That film did not, however, feature FedEx's font throughout its advertising material.
        The Irish Times
        2
        A new font is unlikely to have a detrimental effect on sales.
        The Guardian
        3
        Will it implement your grand idea for a better system-wide font choice?
        Wired
        4
        Why devote each chapter to a different narrator, in a different font?
        Reuters
        5
        The temporary coffin of the king may be seen near the font.
        Wanderings in Wessex / An Exploration of the Southern Realm from...
        1
        For you will be as white as when you left the baptismal font.
        Tell England / A Study in a Generation
        2
        His surname was derived from his pollution of his baptismal font.
        History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4
        3
        But if Dante's baptismal font is gone... where did Ignazio hide the mask?
        Inferno
        4
        The old Mission baptismal font is also still in use.
        The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
        5
        The Pontiff plunged her three times into the baptismal font.
        Thais
        Usage of baptismal fonts in English
        1
        It is not usual, however, to bury baptismal fonts outside churches.
        Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
        2
        The baptismal fonts had been hewn out of hard stone by an artist of great talent.
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 4
        3
        There, in the church of St. John, during the benediction of the baptismal fonts, they entered into mutual engagements.
        A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1
        4
        The baptismal fonts were of wood; so were the pulpit and a sort of cage provided for the church-wardens, the patricians of the village.
        The Village Rector
        5
        Baptismal fonts, now used as holy-water stoups, are probably of anterior workmanship.
        Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
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        Translations for baptismal fonts
        Portuguese
        pia batismal