| 单词 | collation |
| 释义 | collation /keuh lay"sheuhn, koh-, ko-/, 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. [1175-1225; ME collacion ( < AF) < ML collacion-, collation- (s. of collatio), equiv. to L collat(us) (see COLLATE) + -ion- -ION] |
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