| Pronunciation: | | stoop
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| Matching Terms: | | stound, stour, stout, stouthearted, stout-hearted, stoutheartedness, stoutish, stoutly, stoutness
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- [n] basin for holy water
- [n] an archaic drinking vessel
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| | Synonyms: | | stoop |
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| | See Also: | | basin, drinking vessel |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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