fontallyadv.
/ˈfɒntl̩i/, U.S. /ˈfɑn(t)l̩i/ Originally; from the beginning; from the source. Now rare.Frequently in a spiritual or religious context.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > at first, originally, or primitively
principally1389
forthmostc1450
primarily1601
primordially1603
primitively1607
originarily1610
fontallya1617
originallya1620
primevallya1711
at or after the first brush1815
archetypally1854
a1617 P. Baynes Diocesans Tryall (1621) 69 It presupposeth the power of jurisdiction to be given originally and fontally to one person of the Church.
1695 E. Young Two Assize Serm. ii. 45 I know thou couldst have no power over me, unless it were given thee from above..from Heaven; from Cesar indeed Immediately, but Fontally and Originally from God.
1850 Mercersburg Rev. Jan. 2 The Spirit calls into being within him, not the force of what is in Christ himself fontally for the salvation of the world, but the image or picture of this, simply under another form.
1891 Christian Union 17 Oct. 721/1 Whether, with greater regard to the organ, we speak of ‘seat’, or, with more reference to mediate origin, we speak of ‘source’, what we really mean is that authority fontally and ultimately resides in God.
1967 New Catholic Encycl. III. 684/2 The mystery of the Church..is already fontally present in the glorified Christ from the first moment of His Resurrection at Easter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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