Definition of Medieval schoolman

1. Noun. A scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism.

Exact synonyms: Schoolman
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medieval Schoolman

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Literary usage of Medieval schoolman

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

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"... Royal Society after the medieval schoolman's lecture. It matters nothing whether abstract criticism thinks dome or spire the finer, prefers the Gothic ..."

2. The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man by Samuel Harris (1883)
"He talks of " the cohesion of psychical states," as if they were entities or atoms, and himself a medieval schoolman. With such a psychology, freedom is as ..."

3. The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man by Samue Harris (1883)
"... it impossible to shape them otherwise. Here also is abstraction carried to the utmost. I have criticised Spencer because, like a medieval schoolman, ..."

4. Abraham Lincoln: A History by John George Nicolay, John Hay (1890)
"An innate love of combat was in his heart; he loved discussion like a medieval schoolman. The air was already tremulous with faint bugle-notes that heralded ..."

5. The Self-revelation of God by Samuel Harris (1886)
"Did ever medieval schoolman more completely lose himself in words? On the other hand, in speaking of power, the objector surreptitiously brings in the idea ..."

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