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   stoup

   /stuːp/

   noun

   • 1. a basin for holy water, especially on the wall near the door of a Roman Catholic church for worshippers to dip their fingers in before crossing themselves.
   • ▪ a flagon or beaker for drink: "the jailer returned and left a stoup of water"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘pail, small cask’): from Old Norse staup, of Germanic origin; related to the verb steep2.

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