academy

[In Ger. akademie; Fr. académie Sp. academia; Ital. accademia; Lat. academia; Gr. ἀκαδήμεια ( akadēmeia ) = the gymnasium in the suburbs of Athens in which Plato taught, and so called after a hero, by name Academus, to whom it was said to have originally belonged.] I. The gymnasium just described, which was about three quarters of a mile from Athens, and at last was beautifully adorned with groves and walks, shaded by umbrageous trees. The spot is still called Academia. For the doctrines there taught, see ACADEMIC PHILOSOPHY. "But for the Stoa, the Academy , or the Per i pat on, to own such a paradox, this, as the apostle says, was without excuse." - South Sermons, 11. 245. II. A high school designed for the technical or other instruction of those who have already acquired the rudiments of knowledge; also a university. 1. Ancient: There were two public аса demies: one at Rome, founded by Adrian, in which all the sciences were taught, but especially jurisprudence; the other at Berytus, in Phœnicia, in which jurists were principally educated. (Murdock: Mosheim's Ch . Hist ., Cent. II., pt. ii.) 2. Modern: e.g., the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. Sometimes used also for a private school. III. A society or an a ociation of artists linked together for the promotion of art, or of scientific men similarly united for the advancement of science, or of persons united for any more or le analogous object. Thus the French po e the celebrated Academy or Institute, established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635, for fixing and polishing the French lan guage . In our own country are the Royal Academy of Arts [ACADEMICIAN], the Academy of Music, . The use of the word academy , different from the ancient one, is believed to have arisen first in Italy at the revival of letters in the fifteenth century. IV. The building where the pupils of a high school meet, or where such an a ociation for the promotion of science and art as those just mentioned is held: e.g. , "the Acad emy , which was one of the ornaments of the town, caught fire, and was in danger of being burnt down." Aca'-di-an, a. & 8. [Lat. form of Fr. Acadie, the French name of Nova Scotia.] I. Pertaining to Nova Scotia. II. An inhabitant, or native of Nova Scotia, especially one of the original French settlers of Nova Scotia or their descendants. The Acadians were expelled from Acadia or Nova Scotia by the English in 1755, and many of them went to Louisiana and formed colonies there.