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plural
- 1. passages, remarks, and other pieces of text collected from various sources.
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The meaning of COLLECTANEA is collected writings; also : literary items forming a collection.
Collectanea definition: collected passages, especially as arranged in a miscellany or anthology.. See examples of COLLECTANEA used in a sentence.
A collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Define collectanea. collectanea synonyms, collectanea pronunciation, collectanea translation, English dictionary definition of collectanea. pl.n. A selection of passages from one or more authors; an anthology.
Collectanea definition: A selection of passages from one or more authors; an anthology.
The Latin term collectanea is sometimes encountered as a rather formal version of the word ‘collections’, occasionally applied to someone's miscellaneous collections, writings, or gleanings in manuscript form.
How to use . collectanea in a sentenceThey are, he thinks, a better example of this genre of books than Latinius's collectanea.
