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Definition of Alms tray
1. Noun. A tray for collecting the offering from a congregation.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alms Tray
Literary usage of Alms tray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1886)
"This mark, says Mr. Cripps, appears on an alms-tray at Chalton, South Hants ;
and on a paten at St. Stephen's, Bristol, made in 1631-2. ..."
2. Western China: A Journey to the Great Buddhist Centre of Mount Omei by Virgil Chittenden Hart (1888)
"One of the dames after worship searches her money-bag, extracts one cash from
its contents, and chinks it upon the alms-tray. The other women stand gazing ..."
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