n.
Pronunciation: ' kä-likt also - ˌ lekt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English collecte, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collecta (short for oratio ad collectam prayer upon assembly), from Late Latin, assembly, from Latin, assemblage, from feminine of collectus
Date: 13th century
1 : a short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion specifically often capitalized : one preceding the eucharistic Epistle and varying with the day
2 : COLLECTION