collectanea

collectanea
/kol'ek tay"nee euh/, n.pl.
collected passages, esp. as arranged in a miscellany or anthology.
[1785-95; < L, neut. pl. of COLLECTANEUS gathered together, equiv. to collect(us) (ptp. of colligere; see COLLECT1) + -aneus adj. suffix]

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