collection plate
Americannoun
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collection plates
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of collection plate
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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After all, they help fill the collection plate and the tithing box.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
“I have this song that’s my friend, sort of my little collection plate for ideas or thoughts I have about Bob,” Mayer said on the “SiriusXM and Pandora Small Stage Series Show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
And congregations, even those boat-bound and not necessarily ardent believers, are expected to contribute when the collection plate comes around.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
With cash in Tigray running out, the collection plate is no longer passed at Mass. The bread for communion will be depleted soon.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
In this way she gained seventy-eight cents in coins previously designated for the church collection plate.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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