Syn. -- Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
Col*lec"tion*al (-al), a. Of or pertaining to collecting.
The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for collectional purposes.
H. A. Merewether.
Col*lect"ive (?), a. [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.] 1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley.
2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.] "Critical and collective reason." Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.