collegiate institute

noun

(in Canada) a fully accredited high school teaching academic subjects under the supervision of a provincial government.

(in certain provinces) a large secondary school with an academic, rather than vocational, emphasis

Oberlin College, which began as a collegiate institute in 1833, was in 1850 chartered as a college.

The Collegiate Institute took in raw material and turned out teachers, more teachers than anything.

He received a common school education and studied one year in Brockport Collegiate Institute.

In consequence of these changes we shall hereafter be deprived of your valuable assistance in the collegiate institute.

The city owns its park and has a fine educational system, including a Collegiate Institute.

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