communion plate

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. the plate held under the chin of a communicant to catch the Host if it should fall.

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Example Sentences

He has mistaken the communion plate for a collection plate.

From Washington Post

A few months later, he tried to put money in a Communion plate.

From Salon

Mr. Trump has never sounded comfortable using the language of evangelicals, referring to the Bible book “Second Corinthians” as “Two Corinthians” at one point in the primaries, and reaching for his wallet at an Iowa church when the communion plate was passed after he confused it with the collection tin.

From New York Times

He mangled references to the Bible, referred to communion as “my little cracker” and once momentarily mistook the communion plate when it came around for the donation plate.

From Washington Post

An infrequent churchgoer, he scarcely tried to win over the many Christian conservatives here, and occasionally stumbled when he did: At a nondenominational church service on Sunday, when the communion plate was passed around with wafers and wine, he reached for his wallet.

From New York Times