Term Gallery logo

Meanings of alms box in английском

каталонский
caixonet d'almoines
Wikidata

Box for collecting alms, especially one in a church.

        caixonet d'almoines
        Synonyms
        Examples for "poor box"
        Examples for "poor box"
        1
        He did give her a sovereign out of the poor box, though.'
        Robert Falconer
        2
        Every year we read stories citing poor box office results and cash-strapped filmmakers.
        The Guardian
        3
        Sir, -I refer to your article Minister to abolish poor box .
        The Irish Times
        4
        The abbot dropped the old woman's coins in the poor box.
        A Canticle For Leibowitz
        5
        Would you return to the imprisonment of this poor box,-toyour old mimic life?
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 / A Maga...
        1
        Another girl was going across the fields with a blue mite box.
        Stories Worth Rereading
        2
        Rosella had a blue mite box, and so had her brother Drew.
        Stories Worth Rereading
        3
        She didn't cut fruit till she got her mite box.
        Stories Worth Rereading
        4
        Now I save money to put in mite box.
        Stories Worth Rereading
        5
        I'm going to work to fill my mite box.
        Stories Worth Rereading
        Usage of alms box in английском
        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
        каталонский
        caixonet d'almoines