stoup
Americannoun
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a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
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Scot. a pail or bucket.
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Scot. and North England.
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a drinking vessel, as a cup or tankard, of various sizes.
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the amount it holds.
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noun
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a small basin for holy water
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Also: stowp. dialect a bucket or drinking vessel
Etymology
Origin of stoup
1350–1400; Middle English stowp < Old Norse staup drinking vessel; cognate with Old English stēap flagon
Example Sentences
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Holy water is used by Catholics to make the sign of the cross when they come into church and the stoup is usually by the entrance.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015
Father Marc Lyden-Smith said a police officer had smelled urine from a stoup and said he found it "incredible" anyone could do such a thing.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015
Benitier, bā-nē′tiā, n. the vase or vessel for holy water in R.C. churches, known in England as the holy-water font, vat, pot, stone, stock, or stoup.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
I threw them down and said to him, "Count, give me a stoup of wine and they are yours."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
Yes, Darcy, there was one drop more in the stoup, and I drained it!
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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