1. (a.) Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholar like; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
2. (a.) of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
3. (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
4. (n.) One who adheres to the method or subtleties of the schools.
5. (n.) See the Note under Jesuit.
Thesaurus Entries
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