Meaning

noun a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

verb get or gather together

verb call for and obtain payment of

originFrom Middle English collecten, a borrowing from Old French collecter, from Medieval Latin collectare (“to collect money”), from Latin collecta (“a collection of money, in Late Latin a meeting, assemblage, in Medieval Latin a tax, also an assembly for prayer, a prayer”), feminine of collectus, past participle of colligere, conligere (“to gather together, collect, consider, conclude, infer”), from…

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