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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Academy \A*cad"e*my\, n.; pl. Academies. [F. acad['e]mie, L.
   academia. Cf. Academe.]
   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.
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   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.
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   3. A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism."
      --Hume.
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   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.
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   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.
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   Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size,
      in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.
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