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.
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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.
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