Definition of collation Collation

col•la•tion

We found 32 definitions of collation from 4 different sources.

What does collation mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: collations
collation - careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
		comparing, comparison the act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"
collation - assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
		assembling, collecting, aggregation, collection the act of gathering something together
collation - a light informal meal
		bite, snack
		repast, meal coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
		refreshment activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends"
		nosh (Yiddish) a snack or light meal

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Wiktionary

collation (Noun)
Bringing together.
collation (Noun)
The act of bringing things together and comparing them; comparison.
collation (Noun)
The act of collating pages or sheets of a book, or from printing etc.
collation (Noun)
A collection, a gathering.
collation (Noun)
2010, Will Dean, The Guardian, 29 Apr 201.
collation (Noun)
It's fantastic, as is so much of Forgiveness Rock Record, a collation of so many talents that it's practically bursting at the seams.
collation (Noun)
Discussion, light meal.
collation (Noun)
1563, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments, vol. 2, p. 5.
collation (Noun)
A certain abbot, named Moses, thus testifieth of himself in the Collations of Cassianus, that he so afflicted himself with much fasting and watching, that sometimes, for two or three days together, not only he felt no appetite to eat, but also had no remembrance of any meat at all .. ..
collation (Noun)
A reading held from the work mentioned above, as a regular service in Benedictine monasteries.
collation (Noun)
1843, TD Fosbroke, British Monachism, p. 5.
collation (Noun)
When the hymn was over the Sacrist was to strike the table for collation, and the Deacon to enter with the Gospel, preceded by three converts, carrying the candlestick and censer.
collation (Noun)
The light meal taken by monks after the reading service mentioned above.
collation (Noun)
Any light meal or snack.
collation (Noun)
2008, Tim Hayward, The Guardian, 13 May 0.
collation (Noun)
Yes, absolutely; supper, at least in English tradition, was a cold collation, left out by cook before retiring.
collation (Verb)
To partake of a collation.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

collation (v. t.)
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.
collation (v. t.)
The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
collation (v. t.)
The act of conferring or bestowing.
collation (v. t.)
A conference.
collation (v. t.)
The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.
collation (v. t.)
The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.
collation (v. t.)
The report of the act made by the proper officers.
collation (v. t.)
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.
collation (v. t.)
A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.
collation (v. t.)
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.
collation (v. i.)
To partake of a collation.