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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communion plate

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

The sexton was waiting at the porch to take the communion plate, and while the Vicar went to the vestry Mrs. Carey and Philip settled themselves in the vicarage pew.

From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

In grateful remembrance of the kindness of our missionaries they have sent this valuable and beautiful gift of communion plate.

From With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador by La Trobe, Benjamin

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