Definition of college

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College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..

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Head :: Head (n.) The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like..
Earl Marshal :: Earl marshal () An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms..
Dean :: Dean (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college..
Alumnus :: Alumnus (n.) A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning..
Catalogue :: Catalogue (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars..
Manciple :: Manciple (n.) A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court..
Collegiate :: Collegiate (n.) A member of a college.
Donate :: Donate (v. t.) To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college..
Gunter''s Scale :: Gunter's scale () A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant..
Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities..
Hall :: Hall (n.) A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college)..
Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college..
Institute :: Institute (n.) An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute..
Undergraduate :: Undergraduate (n.) A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter..
Bachelor :: Bachelor (n.) A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts..
Seminary :: Seminary (n.) A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university..
Matriculate :: Matriculate (v. i.) To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college..
Foundationer :: Foundationer (n.) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
Cut :: Cut (n.) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
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