An academy; a place of learning.
The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
The scholarly life, environment, or community.
a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1)
A berating or scolding.
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
To preach, to berate, to scold.
To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.