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alms box

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  • alms box — noun box for collecting alms, especially one in a church • Syn: ↑poor box, ↑mite box • Hypernyms: ↑box * * * alms box, British. a box kept in or just outside a church for alms …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alms box — A box in the nave or narthex where believers can put in their alms. Before giving alms we must offer our own lives as sacrifices to the Lord …   Dictionary of church terms

  • alms chest — noun : a box with a hole for alms and with three locks …   Useful english dictionary

  • poor box — noun box for collecting alms, especially one in a church • Syn: ↑alms box, ↑mite box • Hypernyms: ↑box * * * noun Etymology: poor (II) : a box for alms for the poor; …   Useful english dictionary

  • mite box — noun box for collecting alms, especially one in a church (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑poor box, ↑alms box • Hypernyms: ↑box * * * noun Etymology: mite (I) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mite box — A bronze Widow s Mite or Lepton, minted by Alexander Jannaeus, King of Judaea, 103 76 B.C. obverse: anchor upside down in circle, reverse: star of eight rays. The term mite box (also alms box or poor box) refers to a box that is used to save… …   Wikipedia

  • poor box — n. a box, as in a church, for alms for the poor …   English World dictionary

  • poor box — noun Date: 1621 a box (as in a church) for alms for the poor …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Care of the Poor by the Church —     Care of the Poor by the Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Care of the Poor by the Church     I. OBJECTS, HISTORY, AND ORGANIZATION     A. The care of the poor is a branch of charity. In the narrow sense charity means any exercise of mercy… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Collections — • Article discussing the development which took the form of a contribution in money, corresponding particularly to what is conveyed by the French word quête Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Collections     Collections …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Separatio Leprosorum — The Separatio Leprosorum was a ceremony performed during the Middle Ages whenever a person was declared a leper by their community. The individual was ritually buried by the community and exiled to the edge of the settlement. The term also… …   Wikipedia

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