Academy

Etymology

 * , from, from , a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Compare academe, academia, Akademeia.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught.
 * 2)  The disciples of Plato.
 * 3)  Platonism.
 * 4) A specific society of scholars or artists.