Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An executive council or committee of equally empowered members, especially one supervising an industry, commissariat, or other organization in the Soviet Union.
  • noun A group whose members pursue shared goals while working within a framework of mutual trust and respect.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A corporation; especially, an independent and self-governing ecclesiastical body uncontrolled by the state. See collegial, 3, and collegialism.

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  • noun A committee or council
  • noun in Ancient Rome Any of several legal associations

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Russian kollegiya, from Latin collēgium, association, from collēga, colleague; see colleague.]

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Examples

  • There were in Rome other, more official bodies which bore the title collegium, as the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • The stated aim of the collegium is "to revive the multicultural Belarussian tradition, to promote the democratic transition of Belarussian society within the European civilization and pan-European integration process."

    Notes From The Underground University 2009

  • The word collegium derived from con, "with", and lego, "to select", had the literal meaning of an aggregation of persons united in any office or for any common purpose.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • According to academics associated with the functioning of the task force the concept of a collegium is a pivotal recommendation of the Bill.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The transfer order contains the disturbing implication that the dignity of the Sikkim High Court is less important than that of Karnataka for the collegium, which is exactly what angered the bar association and fuelled protests in the hill State when the proposal was mooted this April.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Meanwhile, the SC collegium, which is likely to transfer Dinakaran to quell the lawyers 'upsurge against him, is awaiting the Survey of India's report on the extent of land Dinakaran has "amassed in violation of certain laws in Tamil Nadu".

    Daily News & Analysis 2009

  • The collegium is a disaster: the P.D. D.nakaran episode is an example.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • TIMES NOW: Given the controversy, do you think that the EC should be appointed through a collegium or in other words consensus?

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • Sibal said that the IIM directors have accepted the idea of collegium-based appointment.

    Daily News & Analysis 2009

  • Historical facts about the Pontifices in this period; a powerful exclusive "collegium" taking charge of the _ius divinum_.

    The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

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  • A group in which each member has approximately equal power and authority.

    July 26, 2009