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stoup

[ stoop ]

noun

  1. a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
  2. Scot. a pail or bucket.
  3. Scot. and North England.
    1. a drinking vessel, as a cup or tankard, of various sizes.
    2. the amount it holds.


stoup

/ ²õ³Ù³Ü˱è /

noun

  1. a small basin for holy water
  2. dialect.
    Alsostowp a bucket or drinking vessel
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stoup1

1350–1400; Middle English stowp < Old Norse staup drinking vessel; cognate with Old English ²õ³Ùŧ²¹±è flagon
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stoup1

C14 (in the sense: bucket): of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse staup beaker, Old English ²õ³Ùŧ²¹±è flagon; see steep 1
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Much had been learned and discovered with one significant find being a stoup, or basin, which was probably used by monks in Edward the Confessor’s church to wash their hands as they entered.

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Churchgoers have been asked to stop shaking hands, communal cups are in storage and holy water stoups are dry.

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Churchgoers have been asked to stop shaking hands, communal cups are in storage, and holy water stoups are dried out.

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They said holy water should be replaced more often in church stoups and a protective cloth installed on the grills separating priests and worshippers in confessional boxes.

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My mother had a stoup of wine lain at her side in her last hours—I recall it now, though I did not understand it then.

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