■ noun ( plural academies )
1》 a place of study or training in a special field.
↘[chiefly in names ] US & Scottish a secondary school.
2》 a society or institution of distinguished scholars, artists, or scientists.
Origin
ME: from Fr. académie or L. academia , from Gk akadēmeia , from Akadēmos , the hero after whom the garden where Plato taught was named.