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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collection \Col*lec"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. ``A collection of letters.'' --Macaulay. b A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings. ``The collection for the saints.'' --1 Cor. xvi. 1 c (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of demands. d An accumulation of any substance. ``Collections of moisture.'' --Whewell. ``A purulent collection.'' --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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collection n 1: several things grouped together [syn: {aggregation}, {accumulation}, {assemblage}] 2: a publication containing a variety of works [syn: {compendium}] 3: request for a sum of money (as in church) [syn: {solicitation}, {appeal}, {ingathering}] 4: the act of gathering something together [syn: {collecting}, {assembling}] 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).
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