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| 1. | a secondary or high school, esp. a private one. |
| 2. | a school or college for special instruction or training in a subject: a military academy. |
| 3. | an association or institution for the advancement of art, literature, or science: the National Academy of Arts and Letters. |
| 4. | a group of authorities and leaders in a field of scholarship, art, etc., who are often permitted to dictate standards, prescribe methods, and criticize new ideas. |
| 5. | the Academy,
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