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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scholastic \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}.

Scholastic \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.

Source : WordNet®

scholastic
     adj 1: of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"
     2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of
        scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"

scholastic
     n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book
          learning than they merit [syn: {pedant}, {bookworm}]
     2: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
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