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

A miniature thurible hung on a nail and on another nail was a holy-water stoup which Michael at first thought was intended for soap.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

Benitier, bā-nē′tiā, n. the vase or vessel for holy water in R.C. churches, known in England as the holy-water font, vat, pot, stone, stock, or stoup.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Near a doorway in the north wall is an excellent outside water stoup in a perfect state of preservation.

From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by Haslehust, E. W.