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Definition of: academy
(ə·kad′ə·mē) noun plural ·mies 
1. A school, especially one intermediate between a common school and a college. 
2. A learned society for the advancement of arts or sciences. [<F académie <L academia <Gk. akadēmeia. the grove of Akadēmos where Plato taught] 
—ac′a·dem′ic adjective & noun
 
				
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