Definition of collating:
(v) :
(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
(v) :
(transitive) To assemble something in a logical sequence.
(v) :
(transitive) To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
(v) :
(transitive, Christianity) To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.
(v) :
(obsolete) To bestow or confer.