Definition of collection

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Collection (n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens..

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Gnomology :: Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections..
Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop..
Recollection :: Recollection (n.) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
Tetrad :: Tetrad (n.) The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four..
Glandulosity :: Glandulosity (n.) Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands.
Wagonage :: Wagonage (n.) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively..
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.
Water :: Water (n.) A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water..
Precious :: Precious (a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections..
Sampler :: Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker..
Codex :: Codex (n.) A collection or digest of laws; a code.
Boodle :: Boodle (n.) The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
Imposthume :: Imposthume (n.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
Systematizer :: Systematize (v. t.) To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas..
Rabbitry :: Rabbitry (n.) A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits..
Count :: Count (v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon..
Statistics :: Statistics (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..
Canon :: Canon (n.) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a..
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