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Webster 1913 Edition


Scholastic

Scho-las′tic

,
Adj.
[L.
scholasticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from [GREEK] 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.

Scho-las′tic

,
Noun.
1.
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Milton.
2.
(R. C. Ch.)
See the Note under
Jesuit
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scholastic

SCHOLAS'TIC

,

Definition 2024


Scholastic

Scholastic

See also: scholastic

English

Noun

Scholastic (plural Scholastics)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of scholastic

Adjective

Scholastic (comparative more Scholastic, superlative most Scholastic)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of scholastic

scholastic

scholastic

See also: Scholastic

English

Alternative forms

Noun

scholastic (plural scholastics)

  1. (philosophy) a member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian

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Adjective

scholastic (comparative more scholastic, superlative most scholastic)

  1. Of or relating to school; academic
    • This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
  2. (philosophy) Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
    (Can we find and add a quotation of John Locke to this entry?)
  3. Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

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