royal academies

Monarch-sponsored learned societies

Royal academies are government-chartered institutions devoted to advancing arts, sciences, or letters, typically under royal patronage.

Most countries with monarchies have established them: the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

They elect distinguished members, award prizes, and lend prestige to scholarly or artistic achievement.

She was inducted into the royal academy at sixty-five.

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