Definition of Academy
Academy, a public shady park or place of groves near Athens, where
Plato taught his philosophy and whence his school derived its name, of
which there are three branches, the Old, the Middle, and the New,
represented respectively by Plato himself, Arcesilaos, and Carneades. The
French Academy, of forty members, was founded by Richelieu in 1635,
and is charged with the interests of the French language and literature,
and in particular with the duty of compiling an authoritative dictionary
of the French language. Besides these, there are in France other four
with a like limited membership in the interest of other departments of
science and art, all now associated in the Institute of France, which
consists in all of 229 members. There are similar institutions in other
states of Europe, all of greater or less note.
- Wikipedia
A*cad"e*my (&?;), n.; pl.
Academies (&?;). [F. académie, 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.
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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is
taught.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
ACADEMY, or PUSHING SCHOOL. A brothel. The Floating
Academy; the lighters on board of which those persons
are confined, who by a late regulation are condemned to
hard labour, instead of transportation.--Campbell's
Academy; the same, from a gentleman of that name, who had
the contract for victualling the hulks or lighters.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- 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.
- 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
- 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 academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
- (vulgar) A brothel (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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