STOUP

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.]

2.
n.

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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