Acacia
(A*ca"ci*a) n. (Antiq.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento
of mortality. It is represented on medals.
Acacia
(A*ca"cia) n.; pl. E. Acacias L. Acaciæ [L. from Gr. orig. the name of a thorny tree found in
Egypt; prob. fr. the root ak to be sharp. See Acute.]
1. A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have
terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of
America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
2. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; — called also gum acacia, and gum
arabic.
Acacin
(Ac"a*cin, Ac"a*cine) n. Gum arabic.
Academe
(Ac`a*deme") n. [L. academia. See Academy.] An academy. [Poetic] Shak.
Academial
(Ac`a*de"mi*al) a. Academic. [R.]
Academian
(Ac`a*de"mi*an) n. A member of an academy, university, or college.
Academic
(Ac`a*dem"ic Ac`a*dem"ic*al) a. [L. academicus: cf. F. académigue. See Academy.]
1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction
from scientific. "Academic courses." Warburton. "Academical study." Berkeley.
Academic
(Ac`a*dem"ic), n.
1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. Hume.
2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
Academically
(Ac`a*dem`ic*al*ly), adv. In an academical manner.
Academicals
(Ac`a*dem"ic*als) n. pl. The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and
universities.
Academician
(Ac`a*de*mi"cian) n. [F. académicien. See Academy.]
1. A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy,
or the Royal Academy of arts.
2. A collegian. [R.] Chesterfield.
Academicism
(Ac`a*dem"i*cism) n.
1. A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Academism
(A*cad"e*mism) n. The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.
Academist
(A*cad"e*mist) n. [F. academiste.]
1. An Academic philosopher.
