Meaning

1 senses
  1. A large basin used for baptism in or near a church.

    Taufbecken

    купе́льkupélʹ

    купіль християнстваkupilʹ xrystyjanstva, купільkupilʹ

More definitions
  • bowl for baptismal water

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The baptismal font contains holy water.

  2. The baptismal font is inside the church.

  3. The baptismal font is full of holy water.

  4. During baptism, the child is named in the baptismal font.

  5. A Christian name is the name that is given in the baptismal font.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a basin used for baptism:
Русский
By meaning 1
a basin used for baptism:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a basin used for baptism:

Forms

plural: baptismal fonts
Singularbaptismal font
Pluralbaptismal fonts

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbaptismal

See also

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