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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions academy noun (academ, ies) 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. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military at West Point; a riding ; the Academy of Music. 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. A place of training; a school. Quotations Academies of fanaticism - Hume (1811) A brothel (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue) Etymology: French académie < academia, acadÄmÄa < Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (AkadÄmia), a gymnasium in Athens where Plato taught. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.      Full Definition of academy  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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