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French académie < Latin acadēmīa < Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμια (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 (academ)
- A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, 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; as, 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.
- Academies of fanaticism - David Hume
- Template:1811 A brothel (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
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- (brothel): pushing school
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- Academy figure (Painting): a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.
- The academy (without reference to any specific academy) = academia.
- national academy
- Academy of Sciences
- academical
Related terms[]
- learned society
Translations[]
learned society
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specialized school
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college or university
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seminary
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place of training, school
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