academy

academy
n
1. secondary school, high school, Brit. grammar school, (in France) lycée. preparatory school, Inf. prep school, U.S. private school, Brit. public school, boarding school, day school, seminary, institute, finishing school; classical school, Latin school, (in Germany) gymnasium.
2. school, college, university, educational establishment, Disparaging. phrontistery or phrontisterion; conservatory, polytechnic.
3. learned association or institution, athenaeum, fellowship of artists or scientists; club, coterie, circle.
4. cognoscenti, literati, intelligentsia, standard-setters, pace-makers, leaders, avant-gardists, trendsetters; Usu. Disparaging. the establishment, Inf. the powers-that-be.

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