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De - Pt| English Dictionary: holy-water stoup | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for holy-water stoup | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Stoup \Stoup\, n. [See {Stoop} a vessel.] 1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.] 2. (Eccl.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also {holy-water stoup}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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{Holy water} (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. {Holy-water stoup}, the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. {Holy Week} (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. {Holy writ}, the sacred Scriptures. [bd] Word of holy writ.[b8] --Wordsworth. | |
