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love offering

love offering noun: money collected from members of a congregation by passing a plate during the religious service, used for a specific purpose or cause distinct from normal tithes and donations.

Noun

love offering (plural love offerings)

  1. Money collected from members of a congregation by passing a plate during the religious service, used for a specific purpose or cause distinct from normal tithes and donations.
    • There are actually some preachers who are timid about urging people to give a good revival love offering.2000, Hugh F. Pyle, What Every Preacher Should Know!, →ISBN, page 307
    • No one thought of taking up a love offering! I was irritated to say the least. My only consolation was that I knew the second service would have an even larger crowd, so at least we would get the love offering from that one.2010, Ron Owens, Iris: Trophy of Grace, →ISBN, page 70

Forms of love offering

plurallove offerings

Questions about love offering

What does love offering mean?
Love offering means money collected from members of a congregation by passing a plate during the religious service, used for a specific purpose or cause distinct from normal tithes and donations.
What part of speech is love offering?
Love offering is a noun.
What is the plural of love offering?
The plural of love offering is love offerings.

Words near love offering in the dictionary

  1. love nest
  2. love nests
  3. love nut
  4. love nuts
  5. love of one's life
  6. love offering
  7. love offerings
  8. love on
  9. love orgies
  10. love orgy
  11. love padlock

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