stoup
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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
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
There was no enclosure around the domicile of Will Walford—not even a ditch; and his visitor, without stopping, walked straight up to the door—where the woodman was standing on the stoup to receive him.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
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 Sidney Heath
"I am always in the habit," said Andrew, "o' stopping here for refreshment, and, if ye hae nae objections, we'll toom a stoup together."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
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