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A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

eneral, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron.

An antiquary; a collector of antiques. [R.] Pinkerton.

One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

he pope or the papacy; papal. Apostolical brief. See under Brief. -- Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on ac…

A collector or maker of apothegms. Pope.

Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

Archers, or bowmen, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607).

Aristocrats, collectively. [R.]

All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.

A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.

he science of artillery or gunnery. Campbell. Artillery park, or Park of artillery. (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them. (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected. -- Art…

Works of art collectively.

A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison.

ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.

An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.

A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.