college
noun
[ ˈkɒlɪdʒ ]
• an educational institution or establishment, in particular one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training.
• "colleges of further education"
Similar:
educational institution,
training establishment,
centre of learning,
seat of learning,
school,
academy,
university,
institute,
seminary,
conservatory,
conservatoire,
polytechnic,
• an organized group of professional people with particular aims, duties, and privileges.
• "the Royal College of Physicians"
Similar:
association,
society,
club,
group,
band,
circle,
fellowship,
body,
guild,
lodge,
order,
fraternity,
confraternity,
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
sorority,
league,
union,
alliance,
affiliation,
institution,
coterie,
federation,
sodality,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin collegium ‘partnership’, from collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’.
