\Col*le"gi*ate\, a. [L. collegiatus.]
Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a
collegiate society. --Johnson.
{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.

\Col*le"gi*ate\, n.
A member of a college. --Burton.