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fontal

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font⋅al

  [fon-tl]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
2. pertaining to or being the source of something: fontal concepts.
3. of or pertaining to a font, as of baptism.
Origin:
1650–60; < ML fontālis. See font 1 , -al 1
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font 1   (fŏnt)   
n.  

  1. A basin for holding baptismal water in a church.

  2. A receptacle for holy water; a stoup.

  3. The oil reservoir in an oil-burning lamp.

  4. An abundant source; a fount: She was a font of wisdom and good sense.


[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin fōns, font-, from Latin, fountain.]
font'al (fŏn'tl) adj.
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