Collectanea

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. A selection of passages from one or more authors; an anthology.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A selection of passages from various authors, usually made for the purpose of instruction; a miscellany.
    • Word Usage
    "In 1500 he published a little book, Adagiorum collectanea, an anthology of proverbs and sayings derived from classical sources, a slim little volume with only 818 items, all taken from Latin sources."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    miscellany    anthology   
     
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