/ stuːp; NAmE / noun
( technical ) a stone container for holy water in a church
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense pail, small cask ): from Old Norse staup , of Germanic origin; related to the verb steep .
/ stuːp; NAmE / noun
( technical ) a stone container for holy water in a church
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense pail, small cask ): from Old Norse staup , of Germanic origin; related to the verb steep .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005