- (n.) Fig.: A community.
- (n.) A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, especially in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.
- (n.) A building or number of buildings, used by a college.
- (n.) A collection, body or society of persons engaged in common pursuits or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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