Middle English Dictionary Entry
collecte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | collecte n. Also colecte, colet(te. |
| Etymology | L collecta & OF collecte, colete. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The collecting of contributions or taxes; a collection; also, a tax or levy; (b) contributions, taxes, or fines so collected; ~ moneie.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))2 Esd.8.18 : Thei maden solempnete seuene daȝes, and in the eiȝthe a colect [L collectam; WB(2): gaderyng of siluer], after the custum.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.16.1 : Of the collectis [L de collectis] or gaderingis of moneye that ben maad in to seyntis.
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.88 : Colectis made generali bi chirchis ffor sustinance of prechours and also of the pore.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5723 : Þat þe collect maked be anoon.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.39/29 : A..collecte or gaderyng maade amongse vs, offerynge yt to that chirche yn mynde of oure delyueraunce.
- (1444) RParl.5.108a : That the said colect of the saide Hede penes may be utterly put awaye for evermore.
b
- (1443) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxxvi : The saide vicary..hafe founden a preste..the which preste has hade the collecte of all the saide tithes and offerynges.
- (1445) *Mun.B.Bridgewaterno.11 : For colet money x s. v d.
- (1447) Shillingford5 : He was payed ayen by the feloship of the collecte mony.
- a1475 Legal Gloss.Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)22/3 : Gultwyte..is a colette of mony.
2.
A prayer said for a specific purpose (e.g. to commemorate a Biblical event, a saint, the dead, to bless a person, etc.).
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)5b : Þus..ed te biginnunge of þe venite &..to þe credo & to þe collecte.
- c1390 GGuy(2) (Vrn)317 : Þe Colectes þat schul ben seyd in þe offys of þe dede bitokneþ dedes of grace.
- a1425 Ordin.Nuns(1) (Lnsd 378)144/2 : Þan he [the priest] sall say fore colettis oure hir [the novice].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)41/29 : The Collect of seynte kateryne seye þat it [a chapell] is the place where oure lord betaughte the X commandementes to Moyses.
- (1450) RParl.5.188a : Also to fynde a speciall Masse for us daily..every Preest Chanon of the seide place to have a speciall Colect in there Massis also for us, aswele with note as with oute note.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)386/16 : Summe specyalle mynde be made þere-of in priuate prayers by an antheme or colecte or þe Pater noster.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)205/16 : Þe preste euer-ilk a day do a colett for hym [the dead] in his mes.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)80/4 : Collectes to be seyd in his [St. Gilbert's] commemoracion.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15148 : One Masse boke..whiche begynneth with a colec that is to say 'Deus qui beatum David'.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)166 : The Arche-byschoppe of Cantyrbury radde many colettys ovyr hym [Henry VI, at his coronation].
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.PP (GoughETop 4)129/20 : Þen is all þys seruyce endyd vndyr on colet for all þe sacrament of holy chirch.
- c1450 Trental St.Greg.(1) (Clg A.2)43/216 : In þe utas of every feste..Þe preste moste sayen in his masse..Þe colette [vr. collet].