Anthology

n.	1.	A discourse on flowers.
	2.	A collection of flowers; a garland.
	3.	A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; - particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.
	4.	(Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.

Noun

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anthology - a collection of selected literary passages

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