- with authority or power shared equally among colleagues
- collegiate
- characterized by mutual consideration and respect among colleagues
Origin of collegial
Middle English from Classical Latin collegialis
adjective
- The definition of collegial is peers or associates sharing equal consideration, power or authority.
An example of collegial is a collegial community where everyone must be in full agreement in order for a decision to be made.
- Collegial is defined as something that relates to college life.
An example of collegial parties are fraternity parties.
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adjective
- Full of or conducive to good will among colleagues; friendly and respectful: an office with a collegial atmosphere.
- a. Characterized by or having power and authority vested equally among colleagues: “He … prefers a collegial harmony that will present him with a consensus on the issues” ( Time )b. Roman Catholic Church Characterized by the equal sharing of power among the bishops.
Origin of collegial
Middle English from Latin collēgiālis of colleagues from collēgium association ; see collegium .Related Forms:
- col·le′gi·al·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(comparative more collegial, superlative most collegial)
- of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues
- (Roman Catholic Church) ruled by bishops having equal power
- of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate
- possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession
Origin
See also: collégialFrom Middle French collégial
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Sentence Examples
- Cardigans were especially embraced by high school and college boys as a way of looking collegial without being constrained by a jacket.
- This work propounded for the first time the so-called "collegial" theory of church government (Kollegialsystem), which, developed later by the learned Lutheran theologian Christoph Mathaus Pfaff (1686-1760), formed the basis of the relations of church and state in Germany and more especially in Prussia.
- It is only by a kind of legal fiction akin to the "collegial" theory mentioned above, that the Church can be said to have deemed it expedient to adopt these laws.
WORDS NEAR collegial IN THE DICTIONARY
- collegial
- collegiality
- collegially
- collegian