collate

Definitions

1. 1.To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.
2. 2.(Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.
3. 3.To bestow or confer. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
4. 4.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is collate.

• What is to gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding called?
• What is to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to called?
• What is to bestow or confer. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor called?
• What is 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 called?