collegiate church
Americannoun
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a church that is endowed for a chapter of canons, usually with a dean, and that has no bishop's see.
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(in the U.S.) a church or group of churches under the general management of one consistory or session.
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a consolidation of formerly distinct churches under one or more pastors.
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(in Scotland) a church or congregation the active pastor of which is the colleague and successor of the emeritus pastor.
noun
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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
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Protestantism one of a group of churches presided over by a body of pastors
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Protestantism a church served by two or more ministers
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a large church endowed in the Middle Ages to become a school
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a chapel either endowed by or connected with a college
Etymology
Origin of collegiate church
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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Her body was placed in the centre of the choir of the collegiate church of the Château de Loches, which she had greatly enriched.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
In this year he founded and endowed a collegiate church at Rushworth, suppressed in 1541.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
The collegiate church which stands on a green slope looking towards the sea is one of the most interesting in Cornwall.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by C. A. Dawson Scott
We see Athelstan's terrible fight with the Britons; his establishment of the collegiate church at St. Buryan in pursuance of his vow, when he returned victorious from the Scilly Isles.
From Cornwall by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
In the fifth century a monastery was founded here by St. Ours, which ultimately gave its name to the collegiate church which exists to-day.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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