adj.
- of or concerning schools and education.
- relating to medieval scholasticism.
▸typical of scholasticism in being pedantic or overly subtle.
n.
- Philosophy & Theology, historical an adherent of scholasticism; a schoolman.
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a religious order, especially the Society of Jesus, who is between the novitiate and the priesthood.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: via L. from Gk skholastikos ‘studious’, from skholazein, from skholē (see school1).
