ACADEME
academe
Noun
- The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
- An academy; a place of learning. <ref name=SOED/>
- The scholarly life, environment, or community. <ref name=SOED/>
- A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant. <ref name=SOED/>
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