schooleman
schooleman is the obsolete spelling of schoolman.
Meaning of schoolman
Noun
schoolman (plural schoolmen)
- A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.
- So if a mans wit be wandering, let him study Mathematicks; if his wit be not apt to distinguish, or finde difference, let him study the Schoole-men; if it be not apt to beat over matters, and to find out resemblances, let him study Lawyers cases. So every defect of the mind may have speciall receit.1597, Francis Bacon, Essays, London: John Jaggard, 1613, “Of Studies,”
Forms of schooleman
| plural | schoolemen |
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Questions about schooleman
- What is schooleman the obsolete spelling of?
- Schooleman is the obsolete spelling of schoolman.
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