Толковый словарь английского языка - academy

noun (plural -mies) Etymology: Latin academia, from Greek Akadēmeia, from Akadēmeia, gymnasium where Plato taught, from Akadēmos Attic mythological hero Date: 1549 1. a school usually above the elementary level, a high school or college in which special subjects or skills are taught, higher education, 2. capitalized the school for advanced education founded by Plato, the philosophical doctrines associated with Plato's Academy, a society of learned persons organized to advance art, science, or literature, a body of established opinion widely accepted as authoritative in a particular field