collection plate
See also: collection-plate
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Noun edit
collection plate (plural collection plates)
- A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
- 1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl, ch. 5 "Peter goes to church",
- Elder Frewen, a tall, pale man, with long, sandy side-whiskers, appeared at the door of our pew with the collection plate.
- 1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl, ch. 5 "Peter goes to church",
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plate or other container passed among worshipers
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References edit
- “collection plate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.