collegiate church

noun

1. a church that is endowed for a chapter of canons, usually with a dean, and that has no bishop's see.
2. (in the U.S.) a church or group of churches under the general management of one consistory or session.
3. a consolidation of formerly distinct churches under one or more pastors.
4. (in Scotland) a church or congregation the active pastor of which is the colleague and successor of the emeritus pastor.

collegiate church

noun

1. RC Church Church of England a church that has an endowed chapter of canons and prebendaries attached to it but that is not a cathedral
2. Protestantism one of a group of churches presided over by a body of pastors
3. Protestantism a church served by two or more ministers
4. a large church endowed in the Middle Ages to become a school
5. a chapel either endowed by or connected with a college

Word History and Origins

Origin of collegiate church¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

But Rev. Jacqui Lewis, a pastor at Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan said this is not the case.

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The Bishops of Durham took a lively interest in their collegiate church at Howden.

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This is the only one of the three hospitals which was never affiliated to the Collegiate Church.

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Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, converted it into a collegiate church.

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St. Martin-le-Grand, sanctuary and collegiate church, was a Liberty to itself.

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Unhappily, of the old collegiate church there are virtually no remains.

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