an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
source: WordNet 3.0
a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed
source: WordNet 3.0
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.