[kol-ek-tey-nee-uh] 
| collected passages, esp. as arranged in a miscellany or anthology. |
| col·lec·ta·ne·a (kŏl'ěk-tā'nē-ə) pl.n. A selection of passages from one or more authors; an anthology. [Latin collēctānea, from neuter pl. of collēctāneus, collected, from collēctus; see collect2.] |