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scholastic


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scholastic  \Scho*las"tic\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  adheres  to  the  method  or  subtilties  of  the 
  schools.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  (R.  C.  Ch.)  See  the  Note  under  {Jesuit}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scholastic  \Scho*las"tic\,  a.  [L.  scholasticus  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to 
  have  leisure,  to  give  lectures,  to  keep  a  school,  from  ? 
  leisure,  a  lecture,  a  school:  cf  F.  scholastique 
  scolastique  See  {School}.] 
  1.  Pertaining  to  or  suiting,  a  scholar,  a  school,  or 
  schools;  scholarlike;  as  scholastic  manners  or  pride; 
  scholastic  learning.  --Sir  K.  Digby 
 
  2.  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  schoolmen  and  divines  of  the 
  Middle  Ages  (see  {Schoolman});  as  scholastic  divinity  or 
  theology;  scholastic  philosophy.  --Locke. 
 
  3.  Hence  characterized  by  excessive  subtilty,  or  needlessly 
  minute  subdivisions;  pedantic;  formal. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scholastic 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  schools;  "scholastic  year" 
  2:  of  or  relating  to  the  philosophical  doctrine  of 
  scholasticism;  "scholastic  philosophy" 
  n  :  a  person  who  pays  more  attention  to  formal  rules  and  book 
  learning  than  they  merit  [syn:  {pedant},  {bookworm}] 




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