adjective
- of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- of, characteristic of, or intended for college students: collegiate clothes; a collegiate dictionary.
- of the nature of or constituted as a college.
noun
- (in Canada) collegiate institute.
adjective
- Also: collegial of or relating to a college or college students
- (of a university) composed of various colleges of equal standing
noun
- Canadian short for collegiate institute
adj.mid-15c., from Latin collegiatus “member of a college or corporation,” in Medieval Latin, “of or pertaining to a college,” from collegium (see college).