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col⋅lec⋅tion
[kuh-lek-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of collecting. |
| 2. | something that is collected; a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one location, esp. for some purpose or as a result of some process: a stamp collection; a collection of unclaimed hats in the checkroom; a collection of books on Churchill. |
| 3. | the works of art constituting the holdings of an art museum: a history of the museum and of the collection. |
| 4. | the gathered or exhibited works of a single painter, sculptor, etc.: an excellent Picasso collection. |
| 5. | collections, the various holdings of an art museum organized by category, as painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, or film: the director of the collections. |
| 6. | the clothes or other items produced by a designer, esp. for a seasonal line: the spring collection. |
| 7. | a sum of money collected, esp. for charity or church use. |
| 8. | Manège. act of bringing or coming into a collected attitude. |
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : collection
Spanish:
recogida,
German:
die Abholung, die Leerung,
Japanese:
集めること
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).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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