Definitions for collation

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collation col·la·tion

Spelling: [kuh-ley-shuh n, koh-, ko-]

IPA: /kəˈleɪ ʃən, koʊ-, kɒ-/

Collation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 312 anagrams from letters in collation (acillnoot).

Definitions for collation

noun

1. the act of collating.
2. Bibliography. the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume.
3. a light meal that may be permitted on days of general fast.
4. any light meal.
5. (in a monastery) the practice of reading and conversing on the lives of the saints or the Scriptures at the close of the day.
6. the presentation of a member of the clergy to a benefice, especially by a bishop who is the patron or has acquired the patron's rights.

Origin of collation

1175-1225; Middle English collacion (Anglo-French) Medieval Latin collāciōn-, collātiōn- (stem of collātiō), equivalent to Latin collāt(us) (see collate) + -iōn- <

Examples for collation

Yet I presume that your ladyship is not insensible to the charms of rout and collation?

The collation was a sumptuous one, for when Belfast nabobs do anything, they do it.

The age of ballad collection and collation had fairly set in.

Uncle Ben must take the things over to the island for the collation.

The Queen, offended, refused the collation and quitted the promenade.

During the collation the conversation was principally military.

And so, over this collation, we chatted for quite all of an hour.

For the first time, Labor could govern without having the Likud in its collation government.

Tom and Robert on board the ship were arranging for the collation.

During the collation the brides stood together at the head of the table.