a. (and sb.) [ad. L. collātīv-us brought together, collected, joint, f. collāt- (see COLLATE). Cf. F. collatif.]
† 1. Of the nature of, or formed by, joint contribution: cf. collective. Obs.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Collative, conferred together, made large, mutual.
1813. W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., LXX. 500. The Romans had public funerals for their ministerial, and collative funerals for their opposition, chieftains.
2. That has the quality or power of conferring. Const. of.
1644. Bp. Maxwell, Prerog. Chr. Kings, viii. 92. Collative of positive acts and effects.
a. 1677. Barrow, Popes Suprem. (1687), 66. These words do not seem institutive or collative of Power.
1832. Austin, Jurispr. (1879), II. lv. 914. Investitive facts he divides into collative and impositive.
1875. Poste, Gaius, I. Introd. 3. Title is any fact Collative or Privative of a Right.
† 3. Of a conferred or bestowed kind. Obs.
1617. Collins, Def. Bp. Ely, II. x. 417. The elements by prayer acquire a degree of sanctification (I meane relatiue and collatiue, not essentiall sanctification).
4. Eccl. Where the ordinary (being himself the patron) collates.
1725. trans. Dupins Eccl. Hist. 17th C., I. III. i. 79. Collative Benefices.
1767. Blackstone, Comm., II. 22. An advowson collative is where the bishop and patron are one and the same person.
† B. sb. A joint contribution. [L. collātīvum.]
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Collative, a Sacrifice made of many mens offerings together, a benevolence of the people to the King.