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collegiate church
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collegiate church
n.
1. A Roman Catholic or Anglican church other than a cathedral, having a chapter of canons and presided over by a dean or provost.
2.
a. A church in the United States associated with others under a common body of pastors.
b. An association of such churches.
3. A church in Scotland served by two or more ministers at the same time.
collegiate church
n
1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church Church of England a church that has an endowed chapter of canons and prebendaries attached to it but that is not a cathedral
2. (Christianity / Protestantism) US Protestantism one of a group of churches presided over by a body of pastors
3. (Christianity / Protestantism) Scot Protestantism a church served by two or more ministers
4. (Social Science / Education) a large church endowed in the Middle Ages to become a school
5. (Social Science / Education) a chapel either endowed by or connected with a college


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The canons of the thirteen collegiate churches of his diocese were idle, or quarrelsome, or ignorant, or drunken, or lecherous, or all of the above; in his struggles to reform them, he had to invoke the help of the papal nuncio.
Tough bishop fights curia & Calvin by Duffy, Eamon / Commonweal
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