stoup

🇺🇸 /stuːp/ 🇬🇧 /stuːp/
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noun
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A bowl or basin, often made of stone, that holds holy water for people to dip their fingers in when entering a church.

After entering the church, she dipped her fingers in the stoup filled with holy water.

translation

n. A bowl or basin, often made of stone, that holds holy water for people to dip their fingers in when entering a church.

Word Forms

Plural stoups