academy
noun
[ əˈkadəmi ]
• a place of study or training in a special field.
• "a police academy"
Similar:
educational institution,
training establishment,
centre of learning,
school,
college,
university,
institute,
seminary,
conservatory,
conservatoire,
polytechnic,
• a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field.
• "the Royal Academy of Arts"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the garden where Plato taught): from French académie or Latin academia, from Greek akadēmeia, from Akadēmos, the hero after whom Plato's garden was named.
