offering plate
Donation receiving vessel
An offering plate is a shallow dish or basket passed among worshippers during a religious service to collect monetary donations.
The practice is central to Christian church services, where the plate circulates through pews during a designated moment: She dropped a twenty in the offering plate.
Also called a collection plate.
- collectionGathered set of items
- collection basketContainer for charitable contributions
- titheTenth for clergy
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- pewWorship hall seating
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Eucharistic bread dish
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