stoup
/stuːp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
Example Sentences
- "Fetch me a stoup of liquor."
- "Set me the Stopes of wine vpon that Table."
- "…we ran up stairs together without speaking, and were instantly in the apartment I had left, where a stoup of wine still stood untasted."
- "He was seen [...] bathing in the holy water stoup as if he were its single and beholden bird, pushing aside weary French maids and local tradespeople with the impatience of a soul in physical distress."
- "But, though I liked Morgan well enough, I did not greatly care for his smell, which, incredibly, considering his agnosticism, was not unlike that of stale water in a church stoup."
- "She saw nobody for the moment so that she entered the church formally dipping her fingers in the holy water stoup and signing herself."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: staup, *staupo-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /stuːp/
- British English: /stuːp/