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academial

adj.
C2 Proficiency academi·al Archaic

adj. relating to an academy or a group of people who study and teach. It is an old-fashioned way to describe something related to schools or universities.

adj. relating to an academy, a school, or the pursuit of scholarly study. Archaic in modern usage; primarily found in historical or literary contexts.


SIMPLE

The old building was once an academial school.

CONTEXTUAL

The professor spent his academial career researching the history of ancient languages.

COMPLEX

The manuscript was preserved in an academial library, where it remained largely unread for over a century before being rediscovered by modern scholars.

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