Definition of Collegial

1. Adjective. Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues. "A tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management"

Partainyms: Colleague
Derivative terms: Colleague

2. Adjective. Of or resembling or typical of a college or college students. "Collegiate clothes"
Exact synonyms: Collegiate
Derivative terms: College, College, College
Partainyms: College, College

Definition of Collegial

1. n. Collegiate.

Definition of Collegial

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues ¹

2. Adjective. (''Roman Catholic Church'') ruled by bishops having equal power ¹

3. Adjective. of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate ¹

4. Adjective. possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Collegial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collegial

college girl
college level
college man
college student
college try
collegebound
collegelike
collegemate
collegemates
colleger
collegers
colleges
collegewide
collegey
collegia
collegial (current term)
collegialities
collegiality
collegially
collegian
collegians
collegiate
collegiate church
collegiate churches
collegiate dictionary
collegiately
collegiates
collegium
collegiums
collegue

Literary usage of Collegial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform by William Hamilton (1852)
"This is just the result we should anticipate from knowing t«v things :—Firstly, that the collegial body (Fellows and Head) wa< not in general constituted by ..."

2. Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform by William Hamilton, Robert Turnbull (1853)
"But, in the case of the collegial instructors, such supplementary or countervailing evidence can rarely be adduced; for, with two or three honorable ..."

3. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"... and collegial of the cathedral of Cuenca; Bartolome' Bujan de Somoza was a canon of Cuenca and Fernando de Villegas was collegial of San Bartolome'. ..."

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