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Demies
(gcide) | Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. Demies. [See Demi-.]
1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See
under Paper.
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2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also
demi.]
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He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a
term by which that society denominates those
elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake
of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their
order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson.
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academies
(encz) | academies,akademie n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Academies
(gcide) | Academy \A*cad"e*my\, n.; pl. Academies. [F. acad['e]mie, L.
academia. Cf. Academe.]
1. A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero
Academus), where Plato and his followers held their
philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy
of which Plato was head.
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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.
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3. A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism."
--Hume.
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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.
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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.
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Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size,
in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.
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