Meaning & use
Fontal
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Relating to a baptismal font, or arising from an original source.
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The cathedral's fontal chamber dates back to the twelfth century.
Scholars traced the fontal manuscript from which all later copies descended.
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This rare adjective comes from the Latin "fons," meaning "spring" or "source," the same root that gives us "fountain."
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2. adjective
Original or primary, arising from a source.
The fontal cause of the dispute was never fully resolved.
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