stoup.

1. A basin or vessel holding holy water, often near a church entrance.

2. A drinking cup, tankard, or similar vessel.

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Words that belong together

• holy-water stoup
• stone stoup

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The stone stoup was dry beneath the entrance arch.

Her fingers stopped above the holy-water stoup.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular stoup; plural stoups. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.