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1. (noun) bite, collation, snack
a light informal meal

2. (noun) collation
assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence

3. (noun) collation
careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement

Definitions of 'collation'

Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (verb) collation
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

2. (verb) collation
the gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding

3. (verb) collation
the act of conferring or bestowing

4. (verb) collation
a conference

5. (verb) collation
the presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift

6. (verb) collation
the act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity

7. (verb) collation
the report of the act made by the proper officers

8. (verb) collation
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

9. (verb) collation
a collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries

10. (verb) collation
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

11. (verb) collation
to partake of a collation

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