collegium

American  

[kuh-lee-jee-uhm] / kəˈli dʒi əm /

noun

PLURAL

collegia, collegiums

1. Ecclesiastical.  college.

2. a group of ruling officials each with equal rank and power, especially one that formerly administered a Soviet commissariat.

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collegium British  

/ kəˈliːdʒɪəm /

noun

1. (in the former Soviet Union) a board in charge of a department

2. another term for College of Cardinals Sacred College

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Etymology

Origin of collegium

From Latin, dating back to 1915–20; college

Example Sentences

A former football referee, he slowly removes a folded card from his jacket pocket and shows me his official Collegium of Football Referees card.

From BBC

Annotated image of the remains of the deceased individual in situ in their bed in the Collegium Augustalium, Herculaneum.

From Salon

The brain belonged to a man killed in his bed inside a building called the Collegium on the main street of the Roman city Herculaneum.

From BBC

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted global concern over falling trust in science and scientists, but there was little data on the topic, says Viktoria Cologna, an environmental social scientist at the Collegium Helveticum/Swiss Institute for Advanced Study.

From Science Magazine

The eight-minute video shows a Defence Ministry collegium, said to have taken place on Tuesday morning.

From BBC