collation

collation
[kəˈleɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of collating something
    收集并组合;比较分析;校勘;核对;对比
    data management and collation.
    数据管理和比较分析。
  2. a light informal meal
    便餐
    ■(in the Roman Catholic Church) a light meal allowed during a fast
    (罗马天主教会)斋日的点心
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin collatio(n-), from conferre (see confer). Originally (in the plural) the term denoted John Cassian's Collationes Patrum in Scetica Eremo Commorantium 'Conferences of, or with, the Egyptian Hermits' (ad 415–20), from which a reading would be given in Benedictine communities prior to a light meal (see sense 2)
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