Collation Definition

kə-lāshən, kŏ-, kō-
noun
The act, process, or result of collating.
Webster's New World
A light meal permitted on fast days.
American Heritage
A conference or gathering, as of monks at the close of the day to listen to a reading from a religious book and to discuss it.
Webster's New World

A light meal: originally such a meal was served in a monastery during the collation.

Webster's New World
The physical description of a book, including the trim size, number of pages and illustrations, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
(obsolete) To partake of a collation, or light meal.
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Other Word Forms of Collation

Noun

Singular:
collation
Plural:
collations

Origin of Collation

  • From Old French collation, from Latin collationem, from the participle stem of conferre (“to bring together”).

    From Wiktionary

Collation Sentence Examples

  • The text of the second was based on the fullest collation of MSS.

  • I got a cold collation here to make her sit up.

  • C. Thompson, who published their results in 1907 under the title, The Inscription of Darius the Great at Behistun, including a full illustrated account of the sculptures and the inscription, and a complete collation of the text.

  • Other presses were at work in Italy; and, as the classics issued from Florence, Rome or Milan, Aldo took them up, bestowing in each case fresh industry upon the collation of codices and the correction of texts.

  • To the technical philosophers, who strictly confine themselves to the logical collation and criticism of scientific methods, he has, contrariwise, not seemed philosophic enough.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOL

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With C and Ending With N

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