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stoup

UK/stuːp/ US/ˈstup/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.
2.

basin for holy water

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Origin

From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.

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