collectanea

[ kol-ek-tey-nee-uh ]

/ ˌkɒl ɛkˈteɪ ni ə /

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plural noun

collected passages, especially as arranged in a miscellany or anthology.

Nearby words

colleague, collect, collect call, collect on delivery, collectable, collectanea, collected, collected edition, collectible, collecting tubule, collection

Origin of collectanea

1785–95; < Latin, neuter plural of collēctāneus gathered together, equivalent to collēct(us) (past participle of colligere; see collect¹) + -āneus adj. suffix

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Examples from the Web for collectanea

Leland, in his "Collectanea," asserts that painters constantly represented Judas the traitor with a red head.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays; Originally Published by Robert Dodsley in the Year 1744; Fourth Edition|Various
The notice of this great fire is very brief, and, with the heading of the extracts, runs thus: Collectanea ex Chronico de Dunmowe.
Chronicles of London Bridge|Richard Thompson
The original not being available, I have used the copy in the "Collectanea" before mentioned.
Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk|Thomas Browne
They are, he thinks, a better example of this genre of books than Latinius's collectanea.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor

He is recorded by Leland under both these names, in his Collectanea, scil.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume I (of 3)|Thomas Percy

British Dictionary definitions for collectanea

collectanea

/ (ˌkɒlɛkˈteɪnɪə) /

pl n

a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology

Word Origin for collectanea

C18: from Latin, from collectāneus assembled, from colligere to collect 1

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