poorbox
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Poorbox — Poor box , n. A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poorbox — poor box n. A box, such as one to be found in a church, used for collecting alms. * * * … Universalium
HOFMANN, ISAAC LOEW — (1759–1849), Austrian financier; leader of the Vienna Jewish community. Orphaned at the age of 13, he studied Talmud in Prague and then was employed as tutor and bookkeeper in the house of J.B. Koenig swart (koenigswarter ). Subsequently he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
