Abélard

[ ab-uh-lahrd; French a-bey-lar ]

noun

1. Pierre [pee-, air, pye, r], Peter Abelard, 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.

Abelard

/ ˈæbəˌlɑːd /

noun

1. AbelardPeter10791142MFrenchMISC: scholarPHILOSOPHY: philosopherRELIGION: theologian Peter. French name Pierre Abélard. 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher and theologian whose works include Historia Calamitatum and Sic et Non (1121). His love for Héloïse is recorded in their correspondence

Example Sentences

Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete, died; celebrated as the mistress of Abelard, and for her learning.

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Abelard was at this time sixty-one years old, Bernard's senior by twelve years, and was without a rival in the schools.

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Heloise responded wholly to this new influence, and Abelard, forgetting his ambition, desired their marriage.

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Nor was I scrupulous to break through the rules of good breeding when I was to hear news of Abelard.

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I was not more than twenty-two years old, and there were other men left though I was deprived of Abelard.

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