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Webster 1913 Edition
Academy
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Academy
ACAD'EMY
,Noun.
1.
A school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a university or college, and a common school; also a school for teaching a particular art, or particular sciences, as a military academy.2.
A house in which the students or members of an academy meet; a place of education.3.
A society of men united for the promotion of arts and sciences in general, or of some particular art.