Scholastic
Scholastic , adjective
[Latin scholasticus, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from {not transcribed} leisure, a lecture, a school: compare French 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 subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scholastic , noun
1.
One who adheres to the method or subtleties of the schools. — Milton
2.
(Roman Catholic Church) See the Note under Jesuit.