有學識的人為求藝術、科學或文學上的精進，聯合組成之組織或學會，旨在提供指導、投入智識生涯或藝術實踐、制定標準、傳播資訊並在成員間享有聲望。此詞彙一般指小學以上的教育程度。

學院(教育機構)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
研究院(教育機構)　(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
hsüeh yüan (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
xué yuàn (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
xue yuan (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
academies(institutions)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
academies(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
academy(institution)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
Akademie(institution)　(,U,German-非偏好,AD,U,U)
academie(institution)　(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
académie(institution)　(,U,法語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
accademia(institution)　(,U,Italian-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
akademi(institution)　(,U,Swedish-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
academias(organizaciones)　(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
academia(institution)　(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........組織 (層級名)
............組織 (群體)
................機構 (組織)
....................<依活動區分之機構>
........................學校 (機構)
............................學院 (教育機構)

field of study/discipline is....	學術界
locational context/setting is....	學院(依教育程度區分之學校建築)

英文....	Organizations or societies of learned individuals united for the advancement of art, science, or literature, intended to provide instruction, to engage in intellectual life or the practice of an art, to set standards, disseminate information, and to confer prestige on its members. Generally refers to an educational level above elementary school.
荷蘭語....	Organisaties van geleerde personen, verenigd ter bevordering van kunst, wetenschap of literatuur
西班牙語....	Las organizaciones o las sociedades de individuos doctos reunidos para el adelanto del arte, de la ciencia, o de la literatura.

學院(教育機構)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	雄獅西洋美術辭典 p. 972
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 August 31, 2011
.................	牛津當代大辭典 p. 8
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 August 31, 2011
.................	世界藝術史 p. 888
.................	大英視覺藝術百科全書 Vol. 9,pp. 170
研究院(教育機構)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 8
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 August 31, 2011
academies(institutions)............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Academies (Learned societies)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) academies
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987) academies
.................	AATA database (1995-) 120140 checked 26 January 2012
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
academy(institution)............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules academy
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
Akademie(institution)............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
academie(institution)............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
académie(institution)............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
accademia(institution)............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
akademi(institution)............	[VP]
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
academias(organizaciones)............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
academia(institution)............	[VP]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) I:21
.................	IFLA Glossary for Art Librarians (1984)
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Learned institutions and societies; United Nations and learned institutions and societies
.................	AATA database (1995-) 120140 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Bureau AAT, RKD

Getty AAT: 300007089 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300007089
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