fontal
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
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pertaining to or being the source of something.
fontal concepts.
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of or relating to a font, as of baptism.
Etymology
Origin of fontal
From the Medieval Latin word fontālis, dating back to 1650–60. See font 1, -al 1
Example Sentences
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He speaks as the fontal source, not as the recipient channel, of healing.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren
And thus we come back to the fontal source of all the mischief of our own Day.
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by John William Burgon
O fontal wealth of hasting life, By stressful toil made sweet, Stay now thy journey—here oft come Wild sylvan things, Here tender lovers meet.
From Song-waves by Theodore H. (Theodore Harding) Rand
Above it all was bare, And with the fontal dew-drops sparkling still; While from each head with sacred unction sealed Floated the chrismal veil.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere
It is in the most proper, that is, the fontal, sense of the term, generation.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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