noun ·see the note under jesuit.
2. scholastic ·noun one who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
3. scholastic ·adj hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
4. scholastic ·adj pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
5. scholastic ·adj of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the middle ages (see schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.