Meaning of collection plate | Babel Free

Definitions

A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.

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Examples

“pass⟳ the collection plate”

“1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl, ch. 5 "Peter goes to church", Elder Frewen, a tall, pale man, with long, sandy side-whiskers, appeared at the door of our pew with the collection plate.”

“Mr. Avery boarded across the street from Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose’s house. Besides making change⟳ in the collection plate every Sunday, Mr. Avery sat on the porch every night until nine o’clock and sneezed.”

“No tears, my intuition tells me that the end⟳ is near / The only thing I should fear is fear itself / Learn⟳ that being afraid of God is being afraid of yourself / So go to church nigga, but I won't go cause I don't know⟳ / Where all the money in the collection plate go / If the church still owe⟳, then you know⟳, read⟳ your bible at home / I'ma read⟳ it myself, all the stories that I'm reading show⟳ me how to prevail”

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