The term college (Latin collegium) is semantically complex. In Late Antiquity, it denoted a professional association; generally speaking college means a union of individuals, associations, or other bodies with a common purpose, or the place where such individuals assemble (see Collegiummusicum; on Collegium illustre see 3. below). In the late 12th century, the expression was extended to include universities; it denoted the community of teachers and learners …