collation

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Synonyms: colmation, colation, oblation, coalition, collocation, copulation, illation, collection, collusion, collator, foliation

Antonyms: colmation, colation, oblation, coalition, collocation, copulation, illation, collection, collusion, collator, foliation

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Bringing together.
2. Discussion, light meal.
3. {{lb|en|ecclesiastical}} The [[presentation]] of a [[clergyman]] to a [[benefice]] by a [[bishop]], who has it in his own gift.
4. {{lb|en|civil law|inheritance}} The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of [[inheritance]].
5. {{lb|en|civil law|inheritance|Scotland}} An [[heir]]'s [[right]] to combine the whole [[heritable]] and [[movable estate]]s of the [[deceased]] into one mass, sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of [[kindred]].
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of conferring or bestowing.
7. {{lb|en|ecclesiastical}} [[presentation|Presentation]] to a [[benefice]].
8. {{lb|en|computing|databases}} The [[specification]] of how character [[data]] should be treated stored and sorted.
9. {{lb|en|textual criticism}} The [[process]] of [[establish]]ing a [[correct]]ed [[text]] of a work by comparing differing [[manuscript]]s or [[edition]]s of it; also used to [[describe]] the [[work]] resulting from such a [[process]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To partake of a collation, or light meal.

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