collection plate
Americannoun
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collection plates
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of collection plate
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Down the hall, 56-year-old Janine Cox gets an occasional bag of chips from the vending machine and scrimps to add to the collection plate at church.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
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
The pews are packed on Sunday mornings, prayer groups meet after work and the collection plate is almost as full as it was before the coronavirus pandemic began.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
He had passed one collection plate down the pew behind her, and while waiting for its mate to return via the row she was sitting on, he winked openly and solemnly at her.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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