stoup/stuːp/EtymologyFrom Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.nounA bucket.A mug or other drinking vessel.“Fetch me a stoup of liquor.”A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.“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.”