2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; — followed by to.
4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
COLLATE
Col*late", v. i. (Ecl.)
Defn: To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the
patron and the ordinary.
If the bishop neglets to collate within six months, the right to do
it devolves on the archbishop. Encyc. Brit.
COLLATERAL
Col*lat"er*al, a. Etym: [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral.
See Lateral.]
1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." Shak.
2. Acting in an indirect way. If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. Shak.
3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues. That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. Macaulay.