a. [ L. collegiatus. ] Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Collegiate church. (a)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.(b)An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York. [ 1913 Webster ]