collectary

English

Etymology

  • Derived from Medieval Latin collectarium + -ary.[1]

    Noun

    collectary (plural collectaries)

    1. Synonym of collectarium.
      • 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:
        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.

    References

    1. ^ “collectary, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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