academical
Americanadjective
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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
‘At length being raised from an academical life to the inheritance of Hasland by the death of an uncle, who died without male issue, he spent his life afterwards in single estate.’
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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