An-thŏl'o-gy, n.

n. [Gr. ἀνθολογία, from ἀνθολόγος, flower-gathering, from ἄνθος, flower, and λέγειν, to gather.] 1. A discourse on flowers. Encyc. Brit. 2. A collection of flowers; a garland. Johnson. 3. A collection of beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams, particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams. Browne. 4. (Greek Church.) A collection of devotions, or a book of offices. Johnson.