academy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
academy/əˈkadəmi/
▶noun (pl. academies)
- 1 a place of study or training in a special field.
■ [chiefly in names] US & Scottish a secondary school.
■ Brit. an inner-city school which is funded partly by the government and partly by a private individual or organization.
- 2 a society or institution of distinguished scholars, artists, or scientists.
– origin ME: from Fr. académie or L. academia, from Gk akadēmeia, from Akadēmos, the hero after whom the garden where Plato taught was named.
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