collegium

[ kuh-lee-jee-uh m ]

/ kəˈli dʒi əm /

Ecclesiastical. college(def 11).

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

Origin of collegium

From Latin, dating back to 1915–20; see origin at college

In all these points the collegia of Roman closely resemble the corporations of English law.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various
It granted them only to the poorest classes (collegia tenuiorum) and had the strictest laws in readiness for them.

History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) |Adolph Harnack
The clubs (collegia) were to be merely for the purpose of celebrating funeral rites.

The Apostles |Ernest Renan
The destruction of the working-class family must have been finally achieved by the imperial control of the collegia.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 |Various

These corporations were ruined by slave labour, and becoming secret societies, in the time of Augustus were The collegia.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 |Various

collegium

/ (kəˈliːdʒɪəm) /

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

Latin: college