| Scholastic (scholastic) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Scho*las"tic |
| [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.] |
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a
school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or
pride; scholastic learning.
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and
divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as,
scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic
philosophy.
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty,
or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
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| Scholastic (scholastic) |
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| n. | |
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| Scho*las"tic |
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One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
See the Note under
Jesuit.
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