COLLEGIATE

collegiate, collegial

(adjective) of or resembling or typical of a college or college students; “collegiate living”; “collegiate attitudes”; “collegiate clothes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

collegiate (comparative more collegiate, superlative most collegiate)

Of, or relating to a college, or college students.

Collegial.

Noun

collegiate (plural collegiates)

(Canada) another name for a high school (e.g. some high schools are called collegiates rather than high schools)

(obsolete) A member of a college, a collegian; someone who has received a college education.

(obsolete) A fellow-collegian; a colleague.

(slang) An inmate of a prison.

Source: Wiktionary


Col*le"gi*ate, a. Etym: [L. collegiatus.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. Collegiate church. (a) A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.

Col*le"gi*ate, n.

Definition: A member of a college. Burton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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