schoolman

[ skool-muhn, -man ]

noun

, plural school·men [skool, -m, uh, n, -men],

1. a person versed in scholastic learning or engaged in scholastic pursuits.
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) a master in one of the schools or universities of the Middle Ages; one of the medieval writers who dealt with theology and philosophy after the methods of scholasticism.

schoolman

¹

/ ˈskuːlmən /

noun

1. sometimes capital a scholar versed in the learning of the Schoolmen
2. rare.
   a professional educator or teacher

Schoolman

²

/ ˈskuːlmən /

noun

1. sometimes not capital a master in one of the schools or universities of the Middle Ages who was versed in scholasticism; scholastic

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolman¹

First recorded in 1530–40; school ¹ + man

Example Sentences

The first is the learning of the theologian, the schoolman; the latter is the learning of the practical Christian.

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Omnia exeunt in mysterium, says a schoolman; that is, There is nothing, the absolute ground of which is not a Mystery.

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The person who renewed the contest was Eck the schoolman, Luther's old friend, and the author of the Obelisks.

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The Introductio ad Theologiam of the famous Ablard, another schoolman, was fatal to him.

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Already the British schoolman, Duns Scotus, asked, 'whether it was impossible for matter to think?'

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