scholastic adj
1 of, relating to, or befitting schools, scholars, or education
3 characteristic of or relating to the medieval Schoolmen n
5 a person who is given to quibbling or logical subtleties; pedant
6 a disciple or adherent of scholasticism; Schoolman
a a Jesuit student who is undergoing a period of probation prior to commencing his theological studies
b the status and position of such a student
8 a formalist in art
(C16: via Latin from Greek skholastikos devoted to learning, ultimately from skhole school1)
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scholastically adv