college

Definitions


[ˈkɒlɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an educational institution or establishment, in particular one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training
(e.g: colleges of further education)

- an organized group of professional people with particular aims, duties, and privileges
(e.g: the Royal College of Physicians)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin collegium ‘partnership’, from collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries