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Word: Scholastic
Speech Type: Adjective
late 16th century (in scholastic (sense 2 of the adjective)): via Latin from Greek skholastikos ‘studious’, from skholazein ‘be at leisure to study’, from skholē (see school)
skəˈlastɪk
of or concerning schools and education
Short Definition:of or concerning schools and education
Examples:- scholastic achievement
relating to medieval scholasticism.
Short Definition:relating to medieval scholasticism
Word: Scholastic
Speech Type: Noun
skəˈlastɪk
an adherent of scholasticism; a schoolman.
Short Definition:adherent of scholasticism
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a religious order, especially the Society of Jesus, who is between the novitiate and the priesthood.
Short Definition:(in Roman Catholic Church) member of religious order who is between novitiate and priesthood
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