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Feb 12, 2012
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col•la•tion



Pronunciation: (ku-lā'shun, kō-, ko-), [key]
—n.
1. the act of collating.
2. Bibliog.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, esp. by a bishop who is the patron or has acquired the patron's rights.

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