(academies)
1.
Academy is sometimes used in the names of schools and colleges, especially those specializing in particular subjects or skills, or private high schools in the United States.
...the Royal Academy of Music.
...her experience as a police ~ instructor.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft in names
2.
Academy appears in the names of some societies formed to improve or maintain standards in a particular field.
...the American Academy of Psychotherapists...
N-IN-NAMES