Category:Scholastic

Scho*las"tic, a. Etym: [l. scholasticus, gr. 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.

Scholastic Scho*las"tic, n.

1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. Milton.

2. (r.c.ch.)

Defn: see the note under jesuit.