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noun

Collation n.

1.

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.

2.

(Print.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.

3.

The act of conferring or bestowing. (Obs.) "Not by the collation of the king... but by the people."

4.

A conference. (Obs.)

5.

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

6.

(Law)

(a)

The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.

(b)

The report of the act made by the proper officers.

7.

(Scots Law) The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred. Note: This also obtains in the civil law, and is found in the code of Louisiana.

8.

(Eccles.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.

9.

A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries. "A collation of wine and sweetmeats."

Collation of seals (Old Law), a method of ascertaining the genuineness of a seal by comparing it with another known to be genuine.

verb

Collation v. i. To partake of a collation. (Obs.) "May 20, 1658, I... collationed in Spring Garden."

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"Collation" Quotes from Famous Books

... of all the Spanish governors of the Philippines, from 1565 to 1898, is here presented. It is prepared by a careful collation, sifting, and verification of data obtained from the best authorities extant; and will be found useful for reference by general readers, as well as by students of history. This is followed by a law of 1664, providing for the government of the islands ad interim; and ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVII, 1609-1616 • Various

... children arranged some bread and cheese and doughnuts on a rock on the shore, to represent the collation that was usually spread in those parts at a ship launch, and felt quite like grown people—acting life beforehand in that sort of shadowy pantomime which so delights little people. Happy, happy days—when ships can be made with a jack-knife and anchors run in pine blocks, and three ...

— The Pearl of Orr's Island - A Story of the Coast of Maine • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... arrived, on horseback, with a mounted dragoon after him. He paid his compliments to the collation which my mother's care had provided for him, and then said, 'Look ye, Redmond my boy; this is a silly business. The girl will marry Quin, mark my words; and as sure as she does you'll forget her. You are but a boy. Quin is willing to consider you as such. Dublin's ...

— Barry Lyndon • William Makepeace Thackeray

... pleased you will stay, brother," said Lady Margaret; "I will take my old privilege to look after my household, whom this collation has thrown into some disorder, although it is uncivil ...

— Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott

... the growth and decadence of living languages and in the translation of dead tongues into the ever changing tissue of the living. Were it not for this, no translation worthy of the name would ever stand in need of revision, except in instances where the discovery and collation of fresh manuscripts had improved the text. In the case of an author whose characters speak in the argot proper to their surroundings, the necessity for revision is even more imperative; the change in the cultured speech of a language is a process ...

— The Satyricon, Complete • Petronius Arbiter

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