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.

academies(institutions)　(P,,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
academies(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
academy(institution)　(,U,English-NP,AD,U,SN)
Akademie(institution)　(,U,German-NP,AD,U,U)
academie(institution)　(,U,Dutch-NP,AD,U,SN)
académie(institution)　(,U,French-NP,AD,U,SN)
accademia(institution)　(,U,Italian-NP,AD,U,SN)
akademi(institution)　(,U,Swedish-NP,AD,U,SN)
academias(organizaciones)　(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
academia(institution)　(,U,Spanish-NP,AD,U,SN)
學院(教育機構)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
研究院(教育機構)　(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
hsüeh yüan (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
xué yuàn (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
xue yuan (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Agents Facet
........Organizations (Hierarchy Name)
............organizations (groups)
................institutions (organizations)
....................<institutions by activity>
........................schools (institutions)
............................academies (institutions)

field of study/discipline is....	academia(learning concept)
locational context/setting is....	academies(buildings)

Dutch....	Organisaties van geleerde personen, verenigd ter bevordering van kunst, wetenschap of literatuur
Spanish....	Las organizaciones o las sociedades de individuos doctos reunidos para el adelanto del arte, de la ciencia, o de la literatura.
Chinese (traditional)....	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。

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)
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
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
ASDC Union Catalog： academies 、academy 、Akademie 、academies 、academie 、académie 、accademia 、akademi 、academias 、academia 、學院 、研究院 、hsüeh yüan 、xué yuàn 、xue yuan