单词 | in collection |
释义 | > as lemmasin collection a. spec. The action of collecting money for a religious or charitable purpose, or to defray expenses, esp. at a religious service or public meeting; also concrete the money so collected. †in collection: in receipt of parish relief (obsolete); so †to take collection. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > money collected gatheringc1380 squillecte14.. collection1535 box money1677 bottle1893 society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > collecting contributions collection1535 whip-round1861 bottling1934 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > collection quest1528 collection1535 quête?1735 the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > receive poor relief to live on the alms-basket1598 to go (also come, fall, be sent, etc.) on the parisha1637 to take collection1670 to come (also go, fall, be flung, etc.) upon the town1836 the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] > in receipt of relief on (also upon) the parisha1637 in collection1702 upon (also on) the town1783 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxiv. 9 That they shulde bringe in to the Lorde the colleccion which Moses..appointed. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M8 The deacons (whose office was to make collections for the poore). 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 42 It will be as much to his reward in the next World..to have saved one that takes Collection, as him that is able to relieve half the Town. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 464 After which followd a Collection for the poore distressd loose<r>s in the late fire. 1702 Gainsborough Parish Reg. 21 Jan. Buried—Elizabeth diks widdow, in collection. 1740 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 260 I made a collection in our congregation for the relief of the poor. 1872 W. E. Scudamore Notitia Eucharistica 325 The Rubric of 1549..and that of 1552..both imply that..the collection was for the use of the poor only. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxiv. 234 The collection-plate began its rounds. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 212 He was astonished to see a sovereign on the collection-plate. 1904 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 9/1 Collection-box robberies. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 2/1 The net result will be an addition of eight per cent. to the collection income. < as lemmas |
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