collegium
Americannoun
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Ecclesiastical. college.
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a group of ruling officials each with equal rank and power, especially one that formerly administered a Soviet commissariat.
noun
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(in the former Soviet Union) a board in charge of a department
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another term for College of Cardinals Sacred College
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of collegium
From Latin, dating back to 1915–20; see origin at college
Example Sentences
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The eight-minute video shows a Defence Ministry collegium, said to have taken place on Tuesday morning.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023
“The Belarusian KGB initiated my expulsion from the collegium of lawyers under a sham pretext of violation of professional ethics,” Pylchanka told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2021
They believed in this collegium, in arguing with opponents in a constructive way, not just scoring points or polarizing.
From Salon • May 27, 2019
For one thing, the collegium is not mentioned in the Constitution but was developed through the court’s own jurisprudence.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2018
Historical facts about the Pontifices in this period; a powerful exclusive "collegium" taking charge of the ius divinum.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde
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