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

The “collegium” of seventeen nominated the governors-general who were appointed after 1608.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 |Various
Ultro et ex propri liberalitate et munificenti, nec sine gravissimo suo sumptu et impensis, collegium fundare conatur.

The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) |James Anthony Froude
In 1690 he was appointed president of the collegium imperiale historicum.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 1 |Various
There was a complete separation in law between the rights of the collegium as a body and those of its individual members.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various

The course at the Collegium Philosophicum was made optional.

History of Holland |George Edmundson

collegium

/ (kəˈliːdʒɪəm) /

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

Latin: college