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font1

Pronunciation: /fɒnt/

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Definition of font

noun

1a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure.

2a reservoir for oil in an oil lamp.

3variant spelling of fount¹.

Derivatives

fontal

Origin:

late Old English: from Latin fons, font- 'spring, fountain', occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi 'baptismal water(s')