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
Having made this self-confession, she stepped back into the doorway; and, standing upon the stoup, awaited the unwelcome visitor with an air of defiant indifference.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
The church at Marhamchurch also shows the remains of frescoes, while Stratton has a fine stoup, and in the north wall of the chancel an Easter sepulchre, probably the only one in the county.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by C. A. Dawson Scott
There maun be something no very thorough aboot the curate, an' he none so great a hero wi' the pint stoup either, man!
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
