communion plate
Americannoun
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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
Then Mrs. Carey brought the communion plate out of the safe, which stood in the pantry, and the Vicar polished it with a chamois leather.
From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
The altar table, which stood at the eastern end of the choir, on a raised pavement, ascended by a flight of fifteen steps, is likewise consumed, and the communion plate melted.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 356, February 14, 1829 by Various
Moorby, 198–200. ,, church described, 198. ,, communion plate, 199. ,, minstrel column, 199.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
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