The ''Collectarium'' (also Collectarius, Collectaneum, Orationale, Capitulare), in the terminology of the

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, is the book which contains the

Collects The collect ( ) is a short general prayer of a particular structure used in Christian liturgy. Collects appear in the liturgies of Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian churches, among oth ...

History

In the ''Proprium de Tempore'' of the

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the title ''Statio'', with the name of some saint or mystery, is frequently prefixed to the

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of the

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. Before going in procession to the statio clergy and people assembled in some nearby church to receive the pontiff, who recited a prayer which was called the Collect. This name was given to the prayer, either because it was recited for the assembled people, or because it contained the sum and substance of all favours asked by the pontiff for himself and the people, or because in an abridged form it represented the spirit and fruit of the feast or mystery. In course of time it was used to signify the prayers, proper, votive, or prescribed by the ecclesiastical superiors (''imperatæ''), recited before the Epistle, as well as the Secrets and the Post-Communions. Later it was applied to the prayers said at Divine Office or any liturgical service.

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Zaccaria The Zaccaria family was an ancient and noble Genoese dynasty that had great importance in the development and consolidation of the Republic of Genoa in the thirteenth century and in the following period. The Zaccarias were characterized by, accor ...

, ''Bibliotheca Ritualis'' (Rome, 1776), I; **BERNARD, ''Cours de Liturgie Romaine: La Messe'' (Paris, 1898), II; **VAN DER STAPPEN, ''Sacra Liturgia'' (Mechlin, 1902), II; **CARPO, ''Compendiosa Bibliotheca Liturgica'' (Bologna, 1879); **GIHR, ''The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass'', tr. (St. Louis, Missouri, 1903). {{CatholicMass, collapsed Catholic liturgy Latin words and phrases