2. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college
or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of
learning, holding a rank between a college and a common
school.
3. A place of training; a school. ``Academies of
fanaticism.'' --Hume.
4. A society of learned men united for the advancement of the
arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art
or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and
philology.
5. A school or place of training in which some special art is
taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding
academy; the Academy of Music.
{Academy figure} (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size,
in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.