Large basins or other vessels set in or on the ground or fixed on a pedestal and intended for use in the baptismal rite.
1
It is not usual, however, to bury baptismal fonts outside churches.
2
The baptismal fonts had been hewn out of hard stone by an artist of great talent.
3
There, in the church of St. John, during the benediction of the baptismal fonts, they entered into mutual engagements.
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.
5
Baptismal fonts, now used as holy-water stoups, are probably of anterior workmanship.
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