collegium

1. An executive council or committee of equally empowered members, especially one supervising an industry, commissariat, or other organization in the Soviet Union.
2. A group whose members pursue shared goals while working within a framework of mutual trust and respect: “This standing firm … enables the college to be a community, a collegium of students and faculty working at common problems and possibilities” (Robert A. Spivey).

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Origin: Russian kollegiya

Origin: , from Latin collēgium, association

Origin: , from collēga, colleague; see colleague