College

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Fig.: A community.

II. College ·noun A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

III. College ·noun 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.

IV. College ·noun 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.

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