collectanea

[kol-ek-tey-nee-uh]

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plural noun

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

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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Related Words for collectanea

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Historical Examples of collectanea

Your correspondents may be referred to Capgrave; to Leland, Collectanea, vol.
Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852
Various
So much is certain, for Lindley makes the statement in his Collectanea Botanica.
About Orchids
Frederick Boyle
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 undertakes to send the three parts of the Collectanea and the book De Scriptt.
Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867
William Dunn Macray

British Dictionary definitions for collectanea

collectanea

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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