1. of or relating to a font or spring; issuing from a source
Usage: formal or literary
2. of or relating to baptism or a baptismal font
Usage: religious or ecclesiastical

Examples

• The fontal waters of the spring flowed continuously through the valley.
• She traced the fontal source of the river to a mountain spring.
• The fontal grace of baptism is central to Christian theology.
• The ancient fontal basin still stands in the cathedral.
• He believed in the fontal power of nature to renew the spirit.