collation

[ kuh-ley-shuhn, koh-, ko- ]

noun

1. the act of collating.
2. Bibliography. the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume.
3. a light meal that may be permitted on days of general fast.
4. any light meal.
5. (in a monastery) the practice of reading and conversing on the lives of the saints or the Scriptures at the close of the day.
6. the presentation of a member of the clergy to a benefice, especially by a bishop who is the patron or has acquired the patron's rights.

collation

/ kə-; kɒˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of collating
2. a description of the technical features of a book
3. RC Church a light meal permitted on fast days
4. any light informal meal
5. the appointment of a clergyman to a benefice

Word History and Origins

Origin of collation¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English collacion, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collātiōn-, stem of collātiō “placement together, combination”; equivalent to collate + -ion

Example Sentences

For the first time, Labor could govern without having the Likud in its collation government.

From The Daily Beast

In Tiefurt we partook of a magnificent collation consisting of a mug of beer, brown bread and sausage!

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For a "cold collation on the occasion of the audit" our Council always allows 10.

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Later they became more common and this edition was corrected by collation with six others.

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He based his text on a collation of all the preceding editions.

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The atrocities constituting this "cold collation" of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.

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