academical
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In 2020, he was visiting his alma mater and was walking along “the Lawn,” a well-groomed area that represents Jefferson’s attempts at building “an academical village.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
The centerpiece of U.Va.'s historic Grounds and Jefferson's vision of an "academical village," The Rotunda was built from 1822 to 1826.
From US News ● Jul. 3, 2015
How does this possibly fit with Mr. Jefferson’s idea of having students and professors living side by side in his academical village?
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2012
The latter, a conservative gentleman of the highest type, was in his decoration a trifle too simple, austere, for many people's taste; his design too was severely academical.
From Time Magazine Archive
All education, as it now exists in most countries of Europe, may be divided into three stages—elementary, scholastic, and academical; or call it primary, secondary, and tertiary.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
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