ADOPTION is also used for the reception of a new academy into the body of an old one.—Thus
The French academy of Marseilles was adopted by that of Paris: on which account, we find a volume of speeches extant, made by several members of the academy of Marseilles, deputed to return thanks to that of Paris for the honour.
In a similar sense, adoption is also applied by the Greeks, to the admitting a monk, or brother, into a monastic community; sometimes called spiritual adoption.