Elder Frewen, a tall, pale man, with long, sandy side-whiskers, appeared at the door of our pew with the collection plate.
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collection plate — noun a shallow receptacle for collection in church • Syn: ↑plate • Hypernyms: ↑receptacle * * * noun : plate I 3e(1) * * * plate (def. 7). [1875 80] * * * … Useful english dictionary
Collection plate — A collection plate is often used near the end of some Protestant worship services to gather the gifts of the faithful for the support of the church and for charity. Members of other assemblies, including some Lutheran churches, do not use a… … Wikipedia
collection plate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms collection plate : singular collection plate plural collection plates a dish used in church for collecting money … English dictionary
collection plate — plate (def. 7). [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
Collection plate (postal) — A collection plate is a notice plate fixed to a post box giving the times of collections and days of the week on which these collections are made. They are used extensively in the UK and Commonwealth countries as well as in most other postal… … Wikipedia
collection plate — col lection .plate n a large, almost flat dish that you put money into during some religious services … Dictionary of contemporary English
collection plate — col lection ,plate noun count a dish used in church for collecting money … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
collection plate — noun (C) a large, almost flat dish in which you put money during some religious services … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
collection — noun 1 group of objects ADJECTIVE ▪ big, extensive, huge, large, major, massive, substantial, vast ▪ small … Collocations dictionary
plate — n. dish 1) a cake; dinner; salad; soup plate denture 2) a dental; lower; upper plate tag 3) a license (AE), number (BE) plate thin layer 4) armor; silver plate container passed around for donations of money 5) to pass the plate 6) a collection… … Combinatory dictionary
