collection plate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of collection plate
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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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 Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2023
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
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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