Sc. Obs. [f. COLLECTOR + -Y; perh. representing OF. collecterie ‘fonction de collecteur’ (Godefroy). Cf. rectory, directory, etc.] The office of collector, collectorship; also, sometimes, the profits or proceeds of such an office, ‘money collected’ (Jamieson).
1579. Sc. Acts Jas. VI. (1814), 149 (Jam.). Reuoikis … all the saidis giftis, feis, and dispositionis out of his said propertie, casualitie, thriddis of benefices, and collectorie in pensioun [etc.].
1595. in Spottiswood, Hist. Ch. Scot., VI. (1677), 413. Rents and Dues pertaining to the Officers of Controllery and Collectory.
a. 1651. Calderwood, Hist. Kirk (1843), II. 537. The clerk of the collectorie.
a. 1657. Sir J. Balfour, Ann. Scot. (1824–5), II. 221. For heiring the Lord Chancelers comptes of his collectorey of the taxationes.
