| 单词 | church collection |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschurch collection church collection n. (a) a collection of documents or other items belonging to a church; (b) an instance of collecting money from the congregation of a church for charitable or missionary work, church expenses, etc.; cf. collection n. 2a. ΚΠ 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments To Reader [He] gaue me many Church-Collections, with diuers memorable Notes, and Copies of Records, gathered by himselfe and others. 1676 J. Locke ΓραΦαυταρκεια Contents sig. b4 Of Church-collections for poor, ch. 27. p. 400. 1736 C. Fleming Fourth Commandment ii. 51 I am surprised how any man can see in this text a prohibition, or an advising of the Corinthians against a church collection! 1880 Baptist Rev. 2 183 The writings which are in the Church-collection are, taken together, sacred writings. 1902 Ann. Rep. Board Publ. & Sabbath-school Work Presbyterian Church U.S. p. iii Not a cent of the church collection, therefore, was needed for administration expenses of any kind. 1983 Hist. Teacher 16 426 Descriptions of the holdings of 13 libraries, 25 church collections, and 24 organizational archives are recorded. 2001 L. Mitton Victorian Hosp. 14 (caption) There was also a Hospital Sunday Fund, started in the 1850s, which co-ordinated fund-raising through church collections. < as lemmas |
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