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Academy

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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Establishment 76% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Gymnasium 76% connected

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

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Institution 76% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Lyceum 76% connected

A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.

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School 76% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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Academic 74% connected

Alt. of Academical

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Academic 74% connected

Alt. of Academical

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Academician 74% connected

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

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Academician 74% connected

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

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Academician 70% connected

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Academical adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: garden, grove, near, athens, named.
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Anatreptic adjective · 78% connection

Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

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Areopagus noun · 78% connection

The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: garden, grove, near, athens, named.
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Bosquet noun · 78% connection

A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.

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Confine verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Constrain verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Coppice noun · 78% connection

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.

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Cosmogony noun · 78% connection

The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of…

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Dialogue noun · 78% connection

A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plat…

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Disciple noun · 78% connection

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the…

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Eleaticism noun · 78% connection

one of the principal schools of ancient pre-Socratic philosophy, so called from its seat in the Greek colony of Elea (or Velia) in sou…

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Epeira noun · 78% connection

A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.

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