Word Meanings - COLLEGIATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. Collegiate church. A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England,

Additional info about word: COLLEGIATE

Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. Collegiate church. A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed Collegiate Church of New York.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COLLEGIATE)

• Academical
• Collegiate
• classical
• learned

Related words: (words related to COLLEGIATE)

• LEARN
  linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted ; all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf.
• CLASSICALITY; CLASSICALNESS
  The quality of being classical.
• ACADEMICALLY
  In an academical manner.
• LEARNER
  One who learns; a scholar.
• LEARNED
  Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. The learnedlover lost no time. Spenser. Men of
• CLASSICALLY
  1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors. 2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.
• CLASSICALISM
  1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism. 2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
• ACADEMICALS
  The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.
• LEARNING
  1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy. 2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition;
• COLLEGIATE
  Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. Collegiate church. A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England,
• CLASSICALIST
  One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. Ruskin.
• LEARNABLE
  Such as can be learned.
• HALF-LEARNED
  Imperfectly learned.
• INTERCOLLEGIATE
  Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.
• UNLEARN
  1. To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of. I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything. Milner. 2. To fail to learn. Dr. H. More.
• UNLEARNED
  1. Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate. 2. Not gained by study; not known. 3. Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses. -- Un*learn"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*learn"ed*ness, n.
• OVERLEARNED
  Too learned. -- O"ver*learn"ed, adv. -- O"ver*learn"ed*ness, n.
• MISLEARN
  To learn wrongly.
• CLEARNESS
  The quality or state of being clear. Syn. -- Clearness, Perspicuity. Clearness has reference to our ideas, and springs from a distinct conception of the subject under consideration. Perspicuity has reference to the mode of expressing our ideas and
• BOOK-LEARNED
  Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. Dryden.
• CLASSIC; CLASSICAL
  of the Roman people, and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank, superior, from classis class: cf. F. classique. See 1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. Give, as thy last memorial to the