collection plate

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   A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church…

   A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.

   • pass the collection plate
   • 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.
   • Mr. Avery boarded across the street from Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose’s house. Besides making change in the collection plate every Sunday, Mr. Avery sat on the porch every night until nine o’clock and sneezed.

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