college
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college
has many long-established meanings: (1) a body of officials, membership of which is a privilege or honour, e.g. College of Cardinals, College of Arms, College of Physicians, etc., (2) an establishment for further education, normally part of a university as at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and elsewhere. In wider educational circles, college has been traditionally used in the names of some of the ancient public schools (notably Eton and Winchester). In more recent times, it has come to be applied to a broad group of educational and professional institutions: business colleges, teacher-training colleges, sixth-form colleges, secretarial colleges, military and naval colleges, colleges of agriculture, etc.
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COLLÈGE — n. m. Corporation chez les Romains. Il y avait dans l’ancienne Rome des collèges de marchands. Il se dit encore aujourd’hui de Certains corps ou compagnies de personnes notables qui sont revêtues d’une même dignité. Le collège des Pontifes, des… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
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