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A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

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

In an academical manner.

The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.

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

A tenet of the Academic philosophy.

Academic. [R.]

The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.

An Academic philosopher.

Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts. In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. Pope. Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.

The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

zon near the forest of Fontainebleau. Its members went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landscapes, by Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, Jules Dupré, and Diaz. Associated with them are…

An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted.

An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Suc…

The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs.] The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller.

One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.

Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.

An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.

The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.