collegiate church

American  

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.

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collegiate church British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of collegiate church

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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collegiate church

The cathedral, originally the collegiate church, was founded in 1849 by the earl of Glasgow and opened in 1851.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

The collegiate church, standing picturesquely on a cliff above the sea, was founded about 1235, and has a monastic building attached to it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

It contains no building of high architectural merit, except, perhaps, the collegiate church of Santa Maria, with its lofty blue-tiled dome and fine west doorway.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

It was proposed, in the first instance, to place it in the collegiate church of St. Peter, within the precincts of which church Caxton had exercised his art.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

The principal building in the town is the collegiate church of St Nicholas, of which the nave dates from the 13th-14th centuries, while the choir was rebuilt in the 17th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various