Col-lē'ġi-ate1, a.
a. [Lat. collegiatus.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson.
Collegiate church. (a.) A church built and endowed for a body corporate, consisting of a presiding officer, as a dean or other official, and canons or prebendaries, in the same church. Jacobs. (b.) A church which is united with others under the joint pastorate of several ministers. [U. S.]