Academy

ak-ad'em-i, n. {ong the school of Plaio a higher school a society for the promotion of science or art. {Gr- Akadetnia the name of the garden near Athens where Plato taught.] Acanthus, a-kan thus, n. a prickly plant, called bear’s breech or brankursine ‘•arch.) an ornament resembling iis leaves used m the capitals of the Corinthian and Compostl** orders - Gr. akanthos—abe, a point, antho a flower the bncklv plant.