- (n.) One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
- (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
- (a.) Pertaining to or suiting, a scholar, a school or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
- (n.) See the Note under Jesuit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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