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academy definition

acad·emy (ə kad′ə mē)

noun pl. academies -·mies

  1. a private secondary or high school
  2. a school offering instruction in a special field a music academy
  3. an association of scholars, writers, artists, etc., for advancing literature, art, or science

Etymology: Fr académie < L academia < Gr akadēmeia: see academe

academy Idioms

the Academy

  1. the public park near Athens where Plato taught and founded a school for the study of philosophy
  2. this school
  3. Plato's followers or their philosophy

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