collegiate
collegiate Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or belonging to a college or its students.
"She set several regional records during her collegiate swimming career."
Constituted as or organized into a college of distinct constituent bodies, such as a university composed of residential colleges or a church served by a chapter of canons.
"Oxford and Cambridge are famous examples of the collegiate university system."
• noun
Canadian A public secondary school or high school (short for collegiate institute).
"Both of her brothers attended the local collegiate in downtown Toronto."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'collegiate' with 'collegial': 'collegiate' relates to a college or its students (e.g., 'collegiate athletics'), whereas 'collegial' describes cooperative, equal-status relations among professional colleagues (e.g., 'a collegial workplace').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 16th century from Medieval Latin collegiatus, derived from Latin collegium ('society' or 'partnership'), on the model of words ending in '-ate'.
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