Cento

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cento \Cen"to\, n.; pl. {Centos}. [L. cento a garment of several
     pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various
     verses of another poem.]
     A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from
     different authors disposed in a new order.
     [1913 Webster]