Definition of Peripatetics

1. Noun. (plural of Peripatetic) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of peripatetic) ¹

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Definition of Peripatetics

1. peripatetic [n] - See also: peripatetic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peripatetics

periovular
periovulatory
peripachymeningitis
peripancreatitides
peripancreatitis
peripapillary
peripartum
peripartum cardiomyopathy
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peripatetical
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peripateticism
peripateticisms
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peripatuses
peripetalous
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peripharyngeal
peripharyngeal space

Literary usage of Peripatetics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical Commentaries on the State of Christianity During the First Three by Johann Lorenz Mosheim, Robert Studley Vidal, James Murdock (1854)
"The Peripatetics. Within the other class of philosophers, that is, of those who manifested a respect for religion, the most distinguished sects were the ..."

2. Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind: To which are Added, An Essay on by Thomas Reid (1827)
"By Aristotle and the Peripatetics, the images presented to our senses were called sensible species or forms; those presented ..."

3. The History of the Arts and Sciences of the Antients, Under the Following by Charles Rollin (1768)
"The Peripatetics began by examining what the nature of man is, in order to laying down their principle well Man, fay they, ..."

4. Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern by Johann Lorenz Mosheim, James Murdock (1841)
"At the commencement of this century, nearly all the philosophers were distributed into two sects : namely, that of the Peripatetics, and that of the ..."

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