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Collegial

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Adjective

1. collegial

characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues

Example Sentences:
'collegial harmony'
'a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management'

2. collegial, collegiate

of or resembling or typical of a college or college students

Example Sentences:
'collegiate living'
'collegiate attitudes'
'collegiate clothes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Collegial

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adjective
1. 
of or relating to a college
2. 
having authority or power shared among a number of people associated as colleagues

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Collegial

see synonyms of collegial
adjective
1. 
with authority or power shared equally among colleagues
2. 
collegiate
3. 
characterized by mutual consideration and respect among colleagues

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Collegial

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adj.
1. Full of or conducive to good will among colleagues; friendly and respectful: an office with a collegial atmosphere.
2.
a. Characterized by or having power and authority vested equally among colleagues: "He ... prefers a collegial harmony that will present him with a consensus on the issues" (Time).
b. Roman Catholic Church Characterized by the equal sharing of power among the bishops.

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