stoup
Example Sentences
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Holy water is used by Catholics to make the sign of the cross when they come into church and the stoup is usually by the entrance.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2015
Father Marc Lyden-Smith said a police officer had smelled urine from a stoup and said he found it "incredible" anyone could do such a thing.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2015
A good example of an outside stoup is that at Broadmayne, Dorset, where there is also one inside the church.
From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney
I threw them down and said to him, "Count, give me a stoup of wine and they are yours."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
Come, sir drost, you will not refuse a stoup of good Danish pors-ale?
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
