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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Academy \A*cad"e*my\, noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
academy
noun
1: a secondary school (usually private)
2: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature [syn: {honorary society}]
3: a school for special training
4: a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "academy": Gymnasium, Latin school, Realgymnasium, Realschule, Schule, ecole, educational institution, escuela, grammar school, high, high school, institute, intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, middle school, prep school, preparatory school, public school, scholastic institution, school, secondary school, seminary, senior high, senior high school, teaching institution
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ACADEMY, noun [from :ACADEME:] A modern school where football is taught.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Academy, SD Zip code(s): 57369
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