communion plate

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. the plate held under the chin of a communicant to catch the Host if it should fall.

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Example Sentences

The next year, at a service in Iowa, Trump attempted to put money in the communion plate.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2020

He has mistaken the communion plate for a collection plate.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2019

Being the first Sunday in the month, all the communion plate, that Caner carried off, was paraded, on the altar.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

The communion plate is all early seventeenth century, and very good, though it has suffered from careless handling.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

The communion plate dates from before the Reformation and is said to have been in constant use for more than four hundred years.

From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric