collegium musicum

[kuh-lee-jee-uhm myoo-zi-kuhm; Lat. koh-leg-ee-oom moo-si-koom]

noun

a group of usually amateur musicians, often connected with a university, who meet to study and perform chiefly old or little-known music.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin: musical society

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Collegium musicum has a plethora of syllables.

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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

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