n., pl., -gi·a (-jē-ə), or -gi·ums.
- An executive council or committee of equally empowered members, especially one supervising an industry, commissariat, or other organization in the Soviet Union.
- A group whose members pursue shared goals while working within a framework of mutual trust and respect: "This standing firm ... enables the college to be a community, a collegium of students and faculty working at common problems and possibilities" (Robert A. Spivey).
[Russian kollegiya, from Latin collēgium, association, from collēga, colleague. See colleague.]
