academy
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French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmia), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.
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academy (plural academies)
- A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science
- the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
- A school or place of training in which some special art is taught
- the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
- An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university.
- Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
- A place of training; a school.
- 1760-5, Tobias Smollett, The history of England from the revolution in 1688, to the death of George II, published 1805, page 449:
- The artists of London had long maintained a private academy for improvement in the art of drawing from living figures
- 1776, David Hume, The life of David Hume[1]:
- In this year 1633, I became acquainted with Nicholas Fiske, licentiate in physic, who was born in Suffolk, near Framingham* Castle, of very good parentage, who educated him at country schools, until he was fit for the university; but he went not to the academy, studying at home both astrology and physic, which he afterwards practised in Colchester; and there was well acquainted with Dr Gilbert, who wrote "De Magnete".
- 1760-5, Tobias Smollett, The history of England from the revolution in 1688, to the death of George II, published 1805, page 449:
- (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
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learned society
specialized school
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college or university
seminary
place of training, school
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