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Definition of Stoup
1. Noun. An archaic drinking vessel.
2. Noun. Basin for holy water.
Definition of Stoup
1. n. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids.
Definition of Stoup
1. Noun. (obsolete) A bucket. (defdate 14th-20th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) A mug or drinking vessel. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
3. Noun. A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stoup
1. a basin for holy water [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoup
Literary usage of Stoup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs of the Vine with a Medley for Maltworms by William G. Hutchison (1904)
"160 COME, TOOM THE stoup COME, toom the stoup! let the merry sun shine On sculptured
cups and the rich man's wine; Come, toom the stoup! from the bearded ..."
2. Songs of the Vine with a Medley for Maltworms by William G. Hutchison (1904)
"160 COME, TOOM THE stoup COME, toom the stoup! let the merry sun shine On sculptured
cups and the rich man's wine; Come, toom the stoup! from the bearded ..."
3. Songs of the Vine with a Medley for Maltworms by William G. Hutchison (1904)
"Come, toom up the stoup! what must be, must; I'm cauld and cankered and dry as
dust; A simmering stoup of this glorious weet Gives soaring plumes to time's ..."
4. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1865)
"HINDE has sent for presentation what he takes to be a holy-water stoup. ...
The stoup is much weather-worn, and consists of a simple oblong block of stone, ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"See stoup. Chapm. ... with stroke of her hn»e taue. fib stoup. To put down, or
to lower. ... stoup ..."
6. Parish Life in Mediæval England by Francis Aidan Gasquet (1907)
"In the lower porch, at the side of the church door, was the stoup, usually in a
stone niche, with a basin to contain the Holy Water. ..."
7. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"... but he had stood by Dougal in battle and broil, and he wad not fail him at
this pinch; so down the carles sat ower a stoup of brandy, and Hutcheon, ..."
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