Collegium Definition

kə-lējē-əm
collegia, collegium
noun
An amateur musical ensemble, as of early music, esp. one associated with a college or university.
Webster's New World
A group of individuals with equal power or authority; esp., an administrative board for a Soviet commissariat.
Webster's New World
A group whose members pursue shared goals while working within a framework of mutual trust and respect.
American Heritage

(in Russia) A committee or council.

Wiktionary

(in Ancient Rome) Any of several legal associations.

Wiktionary

Origin of Collegium

  • Russian kollegiya from Latin collēgium association from collēga colleague colleague

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Collegium Sentence Examples

  • At the age of thirteen he entered the Collegium Clementinum at Rome.

  • Soon, however, the activity of the Schoffen became specifically confined to the determination of legal disputes, and in their place a new body (Collegium) of counsellors - Ratmannen - also fourteen in number, was appointed for the general administration of local matters.

  • In April 1772 he passed his theological examination, and soon after became professor of Greek at the Collegium Humanitatis.

  • There were also good schools in various places, such as the Collegium Lubranskiego of Posen and the school of St Mary at Cracow.

  • Meanwhile, in 1563, notwithstanding the opposition of the university of Paris, the Jesuits had succeeded in founding the Collegium Claromontanum.

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