holy-water font

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holy-water font - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stoup \Stoup\ (st[=oo]p), n. [See Stoop a vessel.]
     1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.]
        --Jamieson.
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     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 or holy-water font.
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