/ ænˈθɒlədʒi; NAmE -ˈθɑːl-/ noun
( pl. -ies ) a collection of poems, stories, etc. that have been written by different people and published together in a book
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: via French or medieval Latin from Greek anthologia , from anthos flower + -logia collection (from legein gather). In Greek , the word originally denoted a collection of the “flowers” of verse, i.e. small choice poems or epigrams, by various authors.