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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_102011" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_102011" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. i.) To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. i.) To infer; to conclude. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) | <p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. i.) To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. i.) To infer; to conclude. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. t.) To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19451" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19451" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A short prayer. In the liturgy of the church of England, and the mass of the Romanists, it denotes a prayer accommodated to any particular day, occasion, or the like. In general, all the prayers in each office are called collects, either because the priest speaks in the name of the whole assembly, whose sentiments and desires he sums up by the word "Oremus." "Let us pray, " or because those prayers are offered when the people are assembled together. The popes Gelasius and [[Gregory]] are said to have been the first who established collects. Dr. Despence, of Paris, wrote a treatise on collects, their origin antiquity, &c. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33525" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33525" /> == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. t.) To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.
(2): (v. t.) To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
(3): (v. i.) To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.
(4): (v. i.) To infer; to conclude.
(5): (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
(6): (v. t.) To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
A short prayer. In the liturgy of the church of England, and the mass of the Romanists, it denotes a prayer accommodated to any particular day, occasion, or the like. In general, all the prayers in each office are called collects, either because the priest speaks in the name of the whole assembly, whose sentiments and desires he sums up by the word "Oremus." "Let us pray, " or because those prayers are offered when the people are assembled together. The popes Gelasius and Gregory are said to have been the first who established collects. Dr. Despence, of Paris, wrote a treatise on collects, their origin antiquity, &c.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Collect'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/collect.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
