stoup
noun [ C ] uk/stuːp/ us/stuːp/
(尤指天主教堂的)圣水钵
a bowl containing holy water, especially at the entrance to a Roman Catholic church
Flora put her fingers in the stoup of holy water attached to the wall and crossed herself. 弗洛拉把手指放在墙上的圣水钵里,然后在胸前划了个十字。
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- I dipped my hand in the holy-water stoup at the door and knelt to pray.
- She had a holy water stoup put up by the door.
- We dipped our hands in the holy water stoup and placed a drop on each other's brows.
- The two battered stoups may date from an earlier church on the site.