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collation /kəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
▶noun
- 1 the action of collating.
- 2 formal a light informal meal.
■ (in the Roman Catholic Church) a light meal allowed during a fast.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. collatio(n-), from conferre (see confer); sense 2 from a text entitled Collationes Patrum in Scetica Eremo Commorantium, from which a reading would be given in Benedictine communities prior to a light meal.
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