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English Dictionary: collection	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for collection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collection n several things grouped together or considered as a whole Synonym(s): collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage a publication containing a variety of works Synonym(s): collection, compendium request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" Synonym(s): solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering the act of gathering something together Synonym(s): collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Collection \Collec"tion\, n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.] 1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection* of specimens. 2. That which is collected; as: (a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. [bd]A collection of letters.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings. [bd]The collection for the saints.[b8] --1 Cor. xvi. 1 (c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of demands. (d) An accumulation of any substance. [bd]Collections of moisture.[b8] --Whewell. [bd]A purulent collection.[b8] --Dunglison. 3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.] We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines. --Milton. 4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.] Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Collection The Christians in Palestine, from various causes, suffered from poverty. Paul awakened an interest in them among the Gentile churches, and made pecuniary collections in their behalf (Acts 24:17; Rom. 15:25, 26; 1 Cor. 16:1-3; 2 Cor. 8:9; Gal. 2:10).