alms basin
noun
: a large plate on which the total offering received at a church service is presented at the altar
Word History
First Known Use
1584, in the meaning defined above
- holy kiss
- Holy Lamb
- Holy Land
- Holy Loch
- holy mackerel
- holy matrimony
- holy moly
- Holy Moses
- Holy Mysteries
- holy of holies
- Holy Office
- holy oil
- Holy One
- holy order
- Holy People
- holy place
- holy pole
- Holy Roller
- Holy Roman Empire
- Holy Sacrament
- Holy Saturday
- Holy Scripture
- Holy Scriptures
- Holy See
- holy smoke