■ adjective
1》 of or concerning schools and education.
2》 relating to medieval ~ism.
↘typical of ~ism in being pedantic or overly subtle.
■ noun
1》 Philosophy & Theology, historical an adherent of ~ism; a schoolman.
2》 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a religious order, especially the Society of Jesus, who is between the novitiate and the priesthood.
Derivatives
~ally adverb
Origin
C16: via L. from Gk skholastikos 'studious', from skholazein , from skholē (see school 1 ).