a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
<noun.group> a great assortment of cars was on display he had a variety of disorders a veritable smorgasbord of religions
an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
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Miscellany \Mis"cel*la*ny\ (m[i^]s"s[e^]l*l[asl]*n[y^]), a. Miscellaneous; heterogeneous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Miscellany \Mis"cel*la*ny\, n.; pl. {Miscellanies}. [L. miscellanea, neut. pl. of. miscellaneus: cf. F. miscellan['e]e, pl. miscellan['e]es. See {Miscellaneous}.] A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects.
'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. --Hewyt.
{Miscellany madam}, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
According to one official, the Commission is moving towards placing foreign aid as a separate line in the budget, rather than as now, in a miscellany which makes setting priorities difficult.
Nevertheless, he is informed about his idol's life and feeds us a miscellany of details.