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baptismal font
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large basins or other vessels set in or on the ground or fixed on a pedestal and intended for use in the baptismal rite
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Encyclopedic overview
A Romanesque baptismal font from Grötlingbo Church, Sweden, carved by Sigraf, a master stone sculptor who specialised in baptismal fonts. A baptismal font in Saint Stefan Dečanski Serbian Orthodox Church in Gothenburg, Sweden. A modern baptismal font in the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, constructed in 2008
A baptismal font is an ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of infant and adult baptism.
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