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Definition: holy-water font
Stoup
\Stoup\ (st[=oo]p), n. [See
Stoop a vessel.]
1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
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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 or
holy-water font.
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