skəˈlæstɪk adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or
concerning universities, schools,
education, teachers, etc. 2 pedantic;
formal (shows scholastic precision). 3 Philos.
hist.
of, resembling, or concerning
the schoolmen,
esp. in dealing
with logical subtleties. --n. 1 a
student. 2 Philos. hist. a
schoolman. 3 a
theologian of scholastic tendencies. 4 RC
Ch. a
member of
any of
several religious orders,
who is
between the novitiate
and the
priesthood. øøscholastically adv. scholasticism n. [L scholasticus f. Gk skholastikos
studious f. skholazo be at
leisure, formed as SCHOOL]