(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:27:38

Stoup (?), n. [See Stoop a vessel.]

1.

A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids.

[Scot.]

2. Eccl.

A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup.

 

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