Definitions for: Academy


[n] a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
[n] a school for special training
[n] a secondary school (usually private)
[n] an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature



Webster (1913) Definition: A*cad"e*my, n.; pl. Academies. [F. acad['e]mie, L.
academia. Cf. Academe.]
1. A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero
Academus), where Plato and his followers held their
philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy
of which Plato was head.

2. 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.

3. A place of training; a school. ``Academies of
fanaticism.'' --Hume.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size,
in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.

Synonyms: honorary society

See Also: academician, air force academy, establishment, establishment, French Academy, Gymnasium, institution, lycee, lyceum, middle school, military academy, National Academy of Sciences, naval academy, Plato's Academy, police academy, Royal Academy, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society, school, secondary school

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