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Collection plate   /kəlˈɛkʃən pleɪt/   Listen
Collection plate

noun
1.
A shallow receptacle for collection in church.  Synonym: plate.






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"Collection plate" Quotes from Famous Books



... felt instantly the inevitable reaction. The harmonium quavered and rumbled over the first bars of some hymn which began with the words, "Cry, sinner, cry before the altar of the Lord," the man with the brown, creaking boots walked about with a collection plate, an odour of gas-pipes, badly heated, penetrated the building, the rain lashed the grey window-panes. Maggie, looking about her, could not see in the pale, tired faces of the women who surrounded her the ardent souls of a glorious band. Their belief in the coming of God had, it ...
— The Captives • Hugh Walpole



Words linked to "Collection plate" :   receptacle



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