Collation

What do we mean by collation?

The act or process of collating. noun

A light meal permitted on fast days. noun

A light meal. noun

To partake of a light repast.

The act of collating, or bringing together and comparing; a comparison of one thing with another of a like kind; especially, the comparison of manuscripts or editions of books or of records or statistics. noun

A compilation; specifically, a collection of the lives of the fathers of the church. noun

The act of reading and conversing on the lives of the saints, or the Scriptures: a practice instituted in monasteries by St. Benedict. noun

A conference. noun

A contribution; something to which each of several participators contributes. noun

In the medieval universities, a sort of theological lecture laying down certain propositions without necessarily proving them. noun

Reasoning; drawing of a conclusion. noun

A repast; a meal: a term originally applied to the refection partaken of by monks in monasteries after the reading of the lives of the saints. noun

The act of conferring or bestowing; a gift. noun

In canon law, the presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who is the ordinary of the benefice, and who at the same time has the benefice in his own gift or patronage, or by neglect of the patron has acquired the patron's rights. noun

In civil and Scots law, the real or supposed return of a former advancement to the mass of a decedent's property, made by one heir, that the property may be equitably divided among all the heirs; hotch-pot. noun

In bibliog., detailed comparison of a book with a perfect copy, usually by specifying, by signature-marks or other indications, the number of leaves (blank as well as printed) and detachable plates or maps, present or absent, in the copy examined, as compared with a perfect copy. noun

In bookbinding, the examination of the folded sections (signatures) of a book for the purpose of discovering omissions or misplacements of sections. noun

To partake of a collation. intransitive verb

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. noun

Bringing together.

Discussion, light meal.

The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.

(inheritance) The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of inheritance.

(inheritance) An heir's right to combine the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.

The act of conferring or bestowing.

Presentation to a benefice.

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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word collation:
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Words that rhyme with collation:
illation, alation.

Adjectives that are often used to describe collation:
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Consonant match to collation:
colation.

Words that sound like collation:
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