learned society
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of learned society
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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First, they educate and provide opportunity to a learned society of individuals who can together govern society and run communities.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
Not everything he published was palatable to learned society — including a second-hand report of a 68-year-old woman who had breastfed her grandchildren.
From Nature • May 23, 2017
His innovations ranged from street sweeping and a library in Philadelphia to the first learned society in the American colonies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2016
She led the learned society, based in Cambridge, Mass., for 17 years.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2014
To that end, Cope willed his bones to the Wistar Institute, a learned society in Philadelphia endowed by the descendants of the seemingly inescapable Caspar Wistar.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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