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stoup Definition

stoup (sto̵̅o̅p)

noun

  1. North Eng., Now Scot. a drinking cup; tankard
  2. Now Scot. a pail or bucket
  3. font (sense )

Etymology: ME stowpe, bucket < ON staup: for IE base see steep

stoup Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • wine: They could then have a stoup of wine or beer, before going to the final service, Compline.

Converse of object

  • set: South wall: a stoup set in the wall to the east side of main doorway.
  • have: They could then have a stoup of wine or beer, before going to the final service, Compline.
  • mutilate: Within are stone benches on either side, and a mutilated stoup.
  • include: There are a few features of interest within the building including an early stoup and a late 16thC monument brought from Pilleth church.

Preposition: in

  • porch: The holy water stoups in the porch are made from local Portsoy Marble and were the gift of the Countess ol Findlater.

Adjective modifier

  • holy: Set in the eastern buttress of the tower is a huge holy water stoup, quite out of scale with the door.
  • broken: East wall: plain, but for weathered and broken stoup set into wall.
  • medieval: This church also has one of the finest surviving medieval holy water stoups in the county, with a triangular hood.
  • small: South wall: windows deeply splayed and small stoup set in wall close to position of former south door.

Noun used with modifier

  • water: Set in the eastern buttress of the tower is a huge holy water stoup, quite out of scale with the door.
  • stone: Inside there is an unusual late medieval roof, a wooden font, a stone stoup and remnants of the screen.

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