Stoup Definition

sto͝op
noun
A basin or font for holy water at the entrance of a church.
American Heritage
A drinking cup; tankard.
Webster's New World
A pail or bucket.
Webster's New World

Font.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Stoup

Noun

Singular:
stoup
Plural:
stoups

Origin of Stoup

  • From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (> Old English stÄ“ap). See stoop a vessel. More at stop.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English stoup bucket, jar from Old Norse staup cup

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stoup Sentence Examples

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

  • Within are stone benches on either side, and a mutilated stoup.

  • There are a few features of interest within the building including an early stoup and a late 16thC monument brought from Pilleth church.

  • Set in the eastern buttress of the tower is a huge holy water stoup, quite out of scale with the door.

  • Inside there is an unusual late medieval roof, a wooden font, a stone stoup and remnants of the screen.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTO

Words Ending With

PUPOUP

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