| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb collatively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (collatively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective collative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "COLLATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: COLLATIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Advowsons are presentative, collative or donative. An advowson collative is where the bishop and patron are one and the same person; in which case the bishop cannot present to himself, but he does, by one act of collation or conferring the benefice, the whole that is done, in common cases, by both presentation and institution. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
