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.
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.
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.
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.
