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

“They’re all wondering where I am, of course. Many I don’t even know are wondering. It’s certainly gotten around that Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, of the Mossville Flints, is missing.”

From Literature

“You are talking to Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint—for short, Abel.”

From Literature

“The higher the profile of the criminal, the more Heloises to the Abelard.”

From New York Times

Of history’s three most famous love affairs — Abelard and Heloise, Romeo and Juliet, Joe Biden and Amtrak — only the third teaches a civics lesson.

From Washington Post

The Morgan family keep up the pressure on the Met, and a new investigation - Operation Abelard - begins in the summer of 2001.

From BBC