learned society

noun

1. an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.

Word History and Origins

Origin of learned society¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

The Learned Society of Wales, the country's national scholarly academy, also said it was reviewing Edwards's fellowship, to which he was elected in May 2023, in the wake of his guilty plea.

From BBC

The United Kingdom–based learned society with over 50,000 members recently proposed that rather than mining for increasingly scarce raw materials in the ground, perhaps it is time humans rummaged through junk drawers — or landfills — to feed consumer demand.

From Salon

He said the area had been brought to the team's attention by work carried out by Société Jersiaise, Jersey's learned society.

From BBC

Just down the river are the Louvre, a royal palace turned into the world's largest museum, and the grand building of the Institut de France, the country's foremost learned society.

From BBC

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 Literature