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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1561
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Collec(t, Colect, n. [ME. collecte (a 1225), OF. collecte, L. collecta. Cf. Collet n.]
1. A collection. 14.. Acts I. 32/2.
Gif he has nocht of his awne, the burges of that toune sal ger be gadderyt amangis thame a collec to the valure of xxs. 14.. Ib. 331/2.
At thai put colectis vnreulfully and vndetfully, nocht counsalit with the comunite of the burgh 14.. Ib. 355/2.
The breder of the gilde … sal mak a colect throu the communite of the toun to the some of xx s. 1561 Buke of Discipline 219.
We have thocht gude for building and uphold of the placis, ane general collect be maid
2. A liturgical collect. 1450 Peebles B. Rec. 14.
The first mes sal be of the Trinite, with a collec for our richtwis Pape 1450 Ib. 15.
A collec for al our gud doaris 1539 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts IV. 118.
The said maister and bairnis, efter the syngyng of ane gloriosa nychtlie, sall say the psalme de profundis, with the collect thairof
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