of or relating, comprising or belonging to a college or its students;
e.g. The collegiate society was for university students who had achieved academic excellence.
(adjective)
of or relating to a collegiate church, a Christian church in which the everyday office of worship is managed by a college of canons, or a secular community of clergy that is organized as an autonomous corporate organization,
e.g. A collegiate church is similar in governance and religious practice to a cathedral, without the seat of a bishop.