noun (Old Law) a method of ascertaining the genuineness of a seal by comparing it with another known to be genuine.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun A light repast or luncheon - first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.noun (Eccles.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.noun (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.noun The report of the act made by the proper officers.noun The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.Law) The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift. noun obsolete The act of conferring or bestowing.noun (Print.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.noun 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.intransitive verb obsolete To partake of a collation.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.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 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 The act of conferring or bestowing a gift.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 Reasoning drawing of a conclusion.noun In the medieval universities, a sort of theological lecture laying down certain propositions without necessarily proving them.noun A contribution something to which each of several participators contributes.noun The act of reading and conversing on the lives of the saints, or the Scriptures: a practice instituted in monasteries by St.noun A compilation specifically, a collection of the lives of the fathers of the church.noun 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 In bookbinding, the examination of the folded sections (signatures) of a book for the purpose of discovering omissions or misplacements of sections.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 A light meal permitted on fast days.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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