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collection plate

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

Noun

collection plate (plural collection plates)

  1. A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
    • pass the collection plate
    • Elder Frewen, a tall, pale man, with long, sandy side-whiskers, appeared at the door of our pew with the collection plate.1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Story Girl, ch. 5 "Peter goes to church"

Forms of collection plate

pluralcollection plates
alternative formcollection-plate

Questions about collection plate

What does collection plate mean?
Collection plate means a plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
What part of speech is collection plate?
Collection plate is a noun.
What is the plural of collection plate?
The plural of collection plate is collection plates.

Words near collection plate in the dictionary

  1. collection agencies
  2. collection agency
  3. collection box
  4. collection boxes
  5. collection mailbox
  6. collection plate
  7. collection plates
  8. collection procedure
  9. collection procedures
  10. collection societies
  11. collection society

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