Collegium
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In Ancient Rome, a collegium (plural collegia, "joined by law") was one of the four great religious corporations (quattuor amplissima collegia) of Roman priests. They were, in descending order of importance:
- Pontifices, headed by the Pontifex maximus
- Augures
- Quindecemviri
- Epulones.
In modern usage, Collegium may refer to one of the following:
- Collegium (office), an administrative organ.
- Collegium (school), a kind of college.
The word college is derived from collegium.
In Scandinavia collegium is an outdated spelling of kollegium and refers to dormitories, e.g.
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