COLLECTION, n.
1. The act of gathering, or assembling.
2. The body formed by gathering an assemblage, or assembly a crowd as a collection of men.
3. A contribution a sum collected for a charitable purpose.
Now concerning the collection for the saints. 1 Corinthians 16 .
4. A gathering, as of matter in an abscess.
5. The act of deducing consequences reasoning inference.
6. A corollary a consectary a deduction from premises consequence.
7. A book compiled from other books, by the putting together of parts a compilation as a collection of essays or sermons.