(n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in
common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes,
by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a
college of electors; a college of bishops.
(n.) A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated
for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as,
the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American
colleges.
(n.) A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.
(n.) Fig.: A community.
