collection plate

Alternative forms

 * collection-plate

Noun

 * 1) A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.
 * 2) * 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.

Translations

 * Finnish: kolehtilautanen ,
 * German: Kollektenkorb,
 * Polish:
 * Swahili: upatu