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Poor Box
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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.