0 an organization for people who have similar interests or who do similar work, especially in a university: --
There he became the director of the "collegium musicum", for which he composed a number of works.
The "collegium" was headed by the "pontifex maximus", and all the "pontifices" held their office for life.
The novitiate was located at first in the building of the "collegium", then in the old building of the "convictus".
Because of the high profile of the faculty, the collegium received the status of a higher educational establishment.
Terms for these include "hetaeria", "collegium", and "sodalitas".
In 1727 plans to build a church, convent and collegium were approved and began to take form.
Senior members of the "collegium" put forth nominations for any vacancies, and members voted on whom to co-opt.
When they entered the "collegium", they left behind the authority of their fathers and became daughters of the state.
