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Webster 1913 Edition

Collation

Col-la′tion

,
Noun.
[OE.
collacioun
speech, conference, reflection, OF.
collacion
, F.
collation
, fr. L.
collatio
a bringing together, comparing, fr.
collatum
(used as the supine of
conferre
);
col-
+
latium
(used as the supine of
ferre
to bear), for
tlatum
. See
Tolerate
,
Verb.
T.
]
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.
Pope.
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.
Bacon.
4.
A conference.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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.
☞ This also obtains in the civil law, and is found in the code of Louisiana.
Bouvier.
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.
Whiston.
Collation of seals
(Old Law)
,
a method of ascertaining the genuineness of a seal by comparing it with another known to be genuine.
Bouvier.

Col-la′tion

,
Verb.
I.
To partake of a collation.
[Obs.]
May 20, 1658, I . . .
collationed
in Spring Garden.
Evelyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Collation

COLLATION

, n.
1.
The act of bringing or laying together, and comparing; a comparison of one copy or thing of a like kind with another.
2.
The act of conferring or bestowing; a gift.
3.
In the canon law, the presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift or patronage. Collation includes both presentation and institution. When the patron of a church is not a bishop, he presents his clerk for admission, and the bishop institutes him; but if a bishop is the patron, his presentation and institution are one act and are called collation.
4.
In common law, the presentation of a copy to its original, and a comparison made by examination, to ascertain its conformity; also, the report of the act made by the proper officers.
5.
In 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.
6.
A repast between full meals; as a cold collation.
Collation of seals, denotes one seal set on the same label, on the reverse of another.

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