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Poor Box

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Alms box for voluntary contributions for the relief of the poor; found in churches since the earliest days of Christianity, when they were gazophylacium (Greek: treasury) or corbona (Latin: treasure chambers).

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Entry for 'Poor Box'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​p/poor-box.html. 1910.
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