Recollect \Rec"ol*lect\, n. [See {Recollet}.] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also {Recollet}.] --Addis & Arnold. Recollet \Rec"ol*let\ (r?k"?l*l?t; F. r?`k?`l?"), n. [F. r['e]collet, fr. L. recollectus, p. p. of recolligere to gather again, to gather up; NL., to collect one's self, esp. for religious contemplation.] (Eccl.) Same as {Recollect}, n.