stoup

Example Sentences

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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

He dearly loved a stoup of fresh claret; but both his character and calling compelled him to go cautiously about such carnal indulgences, and to trust no front doors with his secret.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

She was standing by the holy water stoup leaning against a white pillar.

From The Prussian Terror by Dumas, Alexandre

Yes, Darcy, there was one drop more in the stoup, and I drained it!

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James