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Webster 1913 Edition
Scholasticism
Scho-las′ti-cism
,Noun.
The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
The spirit of the old
scholasticism
. . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scholasticism
SCHOLAS'TICISM
,Noun.
The spirit of the old scholasticism, which spurned laborious investigation and slow induction -