Defn: A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy. The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse. Macaulay.
COLLECTANEA Col`lec*ta"ne*a, n. pl. Etym: [Neut. pl. from L. collectaneus collected, fr. colligere. See Collect, v. t.]
Defn: Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.
COLLECTED
Col*lect"ed, a.
1. Gathered together.
2. Self-possessed; calm; composed.
COLLECTEDLY
Col*lect"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: Composedly; coolly.
COLLECTEDNESS
Col*lect"ed*ness, n.
Defn: A collected state of the mind; self-possession.