florilegium

/ˌflɔɹəˈliːdʒi.əm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”) (compare English anthology), so called because flowers were used as symbols of the finer sensibility of literature.

florilegium means A collection of flowers. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.

Why this word is great

FLORILEGIUM — [Noun] A formal anthology of excerpts, specifically those compiled from the writings of the Church Fathers. Its etymology is from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, "flower-gathering"), from Latin flōs, flōris ("flower") + legere ("to gather, collect"). Unlike an "anthology" (a broad literary bouquet) or a "commonplace book" (a private, ink-stained meadow of personal thought), a florilegium is a cultivated garden of doctrine, arranged for scholarly contemplation and spiritual edification. It is the monk’s careful hand selecting a luminous sentence from Augustine, the vellum page arrayed with blooms of theological argument, and the bound volume preserving the fragrance of a thousand sermons—a testament that fragments of truth, once gathered, can be bound against the scatter of time.

noun

A collection of flowers.“Rich owners of private gardens commissioned large-format florilegiums to immortalize their personal taste and power of acquisition, and the drawn pages burned with the urgency and excitement of explaining every plant’s form, color, and beauty.”
An anthology, particularly of excerpts from larger works.
A patristic anthology.