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(kŏlĭkt, -ĕkt′)
(kŏlĭkt, -ĕkt′)n.
Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical
A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
[Middle English collecte, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collēcta, short for (ōrātiō ad) collēctam, (prayer at the) gathering, from Latin collēctus, gathered, past participle of colligere, to gather; see COLLECT1.]