Academy

ak-ad′em-i, n. ( orig. ) the school of Plato: a higher school: a society for the promotion of science or art.— adjs. Academ′ic , -al , of an academy: theoretical as opposed to practical.— adv. Academ′ically .— n.pl. Academ′icals , the articles of dre worn by members of an academy or college.— ns. Academic′ian , Acad′emist , a member of an academy, or, specially, of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy in London. [Gr. Akadēmia , the name of the garden near Athens where Plato taught.]