compilation (kompilashon)

[F.comp i lati on = Pr. compilatio = Sp. comp i lac i on = Pg. compilação = It. compilazione, There is in it a small vein filled with spar, probably since the time of the compilation of the ma . Woodward, Fo ils. 2. The gathering of materials for books, documents, tables, etc., from existing sources; the act of bringing together and adapting things said or written by different persons for the exposition of a subject. Nearly at the same time [sixth century), both in the Eastern Church under John the Faster, and in the extreme West under the Irish and other Celtic mi ionaries, began the compilation of Penitentials. Among the ancient story-books of this character, a Latin compilation , entitled Gesta Romanorum, seems to have been the favourite. T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry.