academy
aca·demy
noun
an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
Origin
From Middle English Achademia, achademy, Achademye, achadomye, from Classical Latin Acadēmī̆a /acadēmī̆a, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos.
Phrases
- academy blue
- academy board
- academy chain
- academy figure
- academy leader
- Academy of Sciences
- academy school
- floating academy
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