collectary

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noun

Synonym of collectarium.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nouncollectary (plural collectaries)

plural collectaries

  1. Synonym of collectarium.
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    For if available documents show a basic continuity of framework from the earliest evidence through Amalar of Metz's (d. 850) Liber officialis IV, 1–12, and De ordine antiphonarum 1–7, to the reforms of Pius V and Pius X, it is nonetheless true that this framework was simply the skeleton for the antiphons, collects, etc., that were selected from anthologies such as the antiphonaries and collectaries, according to norms contained in the local calendars and customaries.

    1986, Robert Taft, The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today, Collegeville, M.N.: The Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 308

    Synonyms: collectarium

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of collectarium.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latincollectarium
  2. Englishcollectary

Derived from Medieval Latin collectarium + -ary.

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APA

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