collection plate

American  

noun

1. plate.

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Etymology

Origin of collection plate

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

With a fee that she purloins from a church collection plate, she implores him for help and he agrees, as he learns more about this young girl’s challenging childhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

These days, the church raises up to $3,000 per game — about half of what goes into the collection plate on Sundays, said its pastor, Keith Dickens.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

After all, they help fill the collection plate and the tithing box.

From Washington Post • Oct. 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

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