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Meanings of alms box in English

Catalan
caixonet d'almoines
Wikidata

Box for collecting alms, especially one in a church.

caixonet d'almoines
Usage of alms box in English
1
Note the old thurible used as an alms box.
Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
2
My introduction to her came through the kitten she smuggled into the alms box of the chapel.
The House of a Thousand Candles
3
Steam-workers don't buy bread or cloth, nor do they drop farthings into the alms box at church on Sunday.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
4
Alms Box at Pickering Church
The Evolution of an English Town
Translations for alms box