'holy-water font' definitions:

Definition of 'holy-water font'

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  • Stoup \Stoup\ (st[=oo]p), n. [See Stoop a vessel.]
  • 1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]