scholastics in English
noun
1
an adherent of scholasticism; a schoolman.
Of the medieval scholastics , Aquinas was less interested in who ruled than in the uses to which the ruling interest was put.
2
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a religious order, especially the Society of Jesus, who is between the novitiate and the priesthood.
There are 203 Jesuits, including priests, brothers and scholastics , in Ireland.
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1. It rates tournaments, and supports and promotes Chess activities in scholastics and correspondence Chess
2. In ancient philosophy, Anthropocentrism was formulated by the Greek philosopher Socrates; later, representatives of the patristics, scholastics, and certain modern philosophers (for example, the German