mite box

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Noun1.mite box - box for collecting alms, especially one in a churchmite box - box for collecting alms, especially one in a church
alms box, poor box
box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
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My principal recollection is of the little pyramidal mite boxes into which we put our pennies and nickels for Sunday school.
Lent: opportunity for rededication
The SBC recommended the use of mite boxes as early as 1874 (SBC Annual, 1874, 71), but the WMU systematized their use.
From Colporteurs to cooperative program: a century of Southern Baptist stewardship and the rise of the Southern Baptist Convention
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