Any other house of scholarship.
Milton.
3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a
student. T. Warton.
Syn. -- Learning; erudition; knowledge.
Scho*las"tic (?), a. [L. scholasticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to have
leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from &?; leisure, a
lecture, a school: cf. F. 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 subtilty, or needlessly minute
subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scho*las"tic, n. 1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the
schools. Milton.