also stoop n.

1. Ecclesiastical. A basin or font for holy water at the entrance of a church.
2. A drinking vessel, such as a cup or tankard.
3. Scots. A bucket or pail.

[Middle English stoup, bucket, jar, from Old Norse staup, cup.]

A basin for holy water, sometimes free-standing but more often affixed to or carved out of a wall or pillar near the entrance of a church.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an archaic drinking vessel

Meaning #2: basin for holy water
  Synonym: stoop

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vievandskar, drikkekar, kande

Nederlands (Dutch)
groot glas, wijwaterbak

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) bénitier, gobelet

Deutsch (German)
n. - Weihwasserbecken, Trinkgefäß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δοχείο, κανάτι, (θρησκ.) αγιασματάρι (μαρμάρινη λεκάνη με αγιασμό στην είσοδο καθολικών ναών)

Italiano (Italian)
acquasantiera, brocca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recipiente (m) de bebida

Русский (Russian)
чаша со святой водой (при входе в церковь

Español (Spanish)
n. - pila para el agua bendita, jarra, remojar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stop, dryckeskanna, vigvattenskärl

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
酒壶, 大杯子

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酒壺, 大杯子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성수반, 음료 그릇, 큰 컵

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 聖水盤, 水の容器

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اناء حجري للماء المقدس, في كنيسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קובעת, כיור, קערת מים קדושים, כד, כלי-שתייה‬

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