stoup

Much had been learned and discovered with one significant find being a stoup, or basin, which was probably used by monks in Edward the Confessor’s church to wash their hands as they entered.

Churchgoers have been asked to stop shaking hands, communal cups are in storage and holy water stoups are dry.

Churchgoers have been asked to stop shaking hands, communal cups are in storage, and holy water stoups are dried out.

They said holy water should be replaced more often in church stoups and a protective cloth installed on the grills separating priests and worshippers in confessional boxes.

My mother had a stoup of wine lain at her side in her last hours—I recall it now, though I did not understand it then.