acadeny -
n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a place of study or training in a special
field (military academy; academy of dance). b hist. a place of study.
2 (usu. Academy) a
society or institution of distinguished scholars, artists, scientists, etc. (Royal Academy).
3 Sc. a secondary school.
4 a Plato's followers or philosophical system. b the garden near Athens where Plato taught.
[F acad÷mie or L academia f. Gk akademeia f. Akademos the hero after whom Plato's garden was named] 
