stoup
noun[C]
uk/stuːp/us/stuːp/abowlcontainingholywater,especiallyat theentranceto aRomanCatholicchurch:
（尤指天主教堂的）圣水钵Flora put herfingersin the stoup ofholywaterattachedto thewallandcrossedherself.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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- Idippedmyhandin the holy-water stoup at thedoorandknelttopray.
- She had aholywaterstoup put up by thedoor.
- Wedippedourhandsin theholywaterstoup andplacedadropon each other'sbrows.
- The twobatteredstoups maydatefrom anearlierchurchon thesite.
Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church
- anti-Catholic
- anti-Catholicism
- apostolic
- beatification
- Cistercian
- conclave
- concordat
- confessional
- convent
- encyclical
- liberation theology
- Madonna
- Marian
- RC
- tabernacle
- the Angelus
- the Immaculate Conception
- the Stations of the Cross
- the Vatican
- transubstantiation
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Containers for liquids and gases