[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

academy \acad"emy\, n.; pl. academies. f. acad'emie, 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. a place of training; a school. "academies of fanaticism."
      --hume.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   academy figure paint., a drawing usually half life-size,
      in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.
      1913 webster
see also:
academies academe academy figure 

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