(Geol.) The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. scoler, AS. scōlere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See School. ] 1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am no breeching scholar in the schools. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A man of books. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pupil; learner; disciple. -- Scholar, Pupil. Scholar refers to the instruction, and pupil to the care and government, of a teacher. A scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is one who is under the immediate and personal care of an instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an obedient pupil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. scholarité, or LL. scholaritas. ] Scholarship. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scholarly. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. -- adv. In a scholarly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Literary education. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Any other house of scholarship. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Learning; erudition; knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under Jesuit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scholasticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from &unr_; leisure, a lecture, a school: cf. F. scholastique, scolastique. See School. ] 1. Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Scholastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scholastic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]