Definition of: scholastic

(skō·las′tik, skə-) adjective
1. Pertaining to or characteristic of scholars, education, or schools.
2. Pertaining to or characteristic of the medieval schoolmen.
3. Precise; pedantic.
4. Pertaining to the theological grade of students of the Jesuit order. Also scho·las′ti·cal.
—noun
1. A student; pupil.
2. Often cap. A schoolman; an advocate of scholasticism.
3. A pedant. [<L scholasticus <Gk. scholastikos <scholazein be at leisure, devote leisure, to study <scholē. See SCHOOL¹.]