Definition of collection

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Collection (n.) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred..

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Gathering :: Gathering (n.) A charitable contribution; a collection.
Assortment :: Assortment (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc..
Volume :: Volume (n.) Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes..
Shrubbery :: Shrubbery (n.) A collection of shrubs.
Hymnal :: Hymnal (n.) A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Precious :: Precious (a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections..
Synoptic :: Synopsis (n.) A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus..
Vocabulary :: Vocabulary (n.) A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book..
Pool :: Pool (n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon..
Fascicle :: Fascicle (n.) A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots..
Mishna :: Mishna (n.) A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud..
Number :: Number (n.) A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.
Multitude :: Multitude (n.) A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.
Menage :: Menage (n.) A collection of animals; a menagerie.
Excise :: Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
Offertory :: Offertory (n.) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Wordbook :: Wordbook (n.) A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.
-ana :: -ana () A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc..
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