collation

n. small or light meal; comparison or criticism (of literary works)

Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order. This is commonly called alphabetisation, though collation is not limited to ordering letters of the alphabet. Collating lists of words or names into alphabetical order is the basis of most office filing systems, library catalogs and reference books.
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Noun
1. a light informal meal
(synonym) bite, snack
(hypernym) meal, repast
(hyponym) refreshment
2. assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
(hypernym) collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation
(derivation) collate
3. careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
(hypernym) comparison, comparing
(derivation) collate

n. collation; small or light meal; comparison or criticism (of literary works)

(v. t.)
The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred.
  

(v. t.)
The report of the act made by the proper officers.
  

(v. t.)
The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.
  

(v. t.)
The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
  

(v. t.)
The act of conferring or bestowing.
  

(v. t.)
The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity.
  

(v. t.)
The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general.
  

(v. t.)
A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; -- first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.
  

(v. t.)
A conference.
  

(v. t.)
A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.
  

(v. i.)
To partake of a collation.