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Definition: SCHOOLMEN |
SCHOOLMENPlural1. Of Schoolman |
Date "SCHOOLMEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Schoolmen Certain theologians of the Middle Ages; so called because they lectured in the cloisters or cathedral schools founded by Charlemagne and his immediate successors. They followed the fathers, from whom they differed in reducing every subject to a system, and may be grouped under three periods- First Period. PLATONISTS (from ninth to twelfth century). (1) Pierre Abélard (1079-1142). (2) Flacius Albinus Alcuin (735-804). (3) John Scotus Erigena. (4) Anselm. Doctor Scholasticus. (1050-1117.) (5) Berengarius of Tours (1000-1088). (6) Gerbert of Aurillac, afterwards Pope Sylvester II. (930-1003). (7) John of Salisbury (1110-1180). (8) Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. (1005-1089.) (9) Pierre Lombard. Master of the Sentences, sometimes called the founder of school divinity. (1100-1164.) (10) John Roscelinus (eleventh century). Second Period, or Golden Age of Scholasticism. ARISTOTELIANS (thirteenth and fourteenth centuries). (1) Alain de Lille. Universal Doctor. (1114-1203.) (2) Albertus Magnus, of Padua. (1193-1280.) (3) Thomas Aquinas. The Angelic Doctor. (1224-1274.) (4) Augustine Triumphans, Archbishop of Aix. The Eloquent Doctor. (5) John Fidanza Bonaventure. The Seraphic Doctor. (1221-1274.) (6) Alexander of Hales. Irrefrangible Doctor. (Died 1245.) (7) John Duns Scotus. The Subtle Doctor. (1265-1308.) Third Period. NOMINALISM REVIVED. (To the seventeenth century.) (1) Thomas de Bradwardine. The Profound Doctor (1290-1348.) (2) John Buridan (1295-1360). (3) William Durandus de Pourcain. The Most Resolving or Resolute Doctor. (Died 1332.) (4) Giles, Archbishop of Bourges. The Doctor with Good Foundation. (5) Gregory of Rimini. The Authentic Doctor. (Died 1357.) (6) Robert Holkot. An English divine. (7) Raymond Lully. The Illuminated Doctor. (1234-1315.) (8) Francis Mairon, of Digne, in Provence. (9) William Occam. The Singular or Invincible Doctor. (Died 1347.) (10) Francois Suarez, the last of the schoolmen. (1548-1617.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: SCHOOLMEN |
| English words defined with "SCHOOLMEN": Occult qualities ♦ Quadrivium. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SCHOOLMEN": Fathers of the Latin Church ♦ Sentences, Subtle Doctor. (references) |
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| "SCHOOLMEN" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "SCHOOLMEN" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "SCHOOLMEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | pl. de schoolman. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"SCHOOLMEN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Scholem, scholme, Schoonman, schulen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-l-m-n-o-o-s" | |
-1 letter: monocles. | |
-2 letters: coeloms, colones, console, molochs, monocle, mooches. | |
-3 letters: celoms, chemos, cholos, choose, chosen, clones, coelom, colone, colons, comose, consol, lemons, locoes, loosen, melons, mensch, mohels, moloch, ochone, osmole, schmoe, school, sholom, smooch, socmen, solemn. | |
-4 letters: celom, chemo, cholo, chose, clone, clons, close, cohos, coles, colon, comes, cones, cools, coons, echos, enols, helms, helos, holes, holms, homes, homos, hones, hosel, hosen, lemon, lenos, lochs, locos, looms, loons, loose, melon, meson, mohel, moles, monos, mooch, mools, moons, moose, noels, nolos, nomes, nomos, noose, oleos, omens, onces, osmol, schmo, scone, sheol, shone, shool, shoon, snool, socle, solon. | |
-5 letters: cels, chon, clon, coho, cole, cols, come, cone, cons, cool, coon, coos, cosh, echo, elms, enol, eons, helm, helo, hems, hens, hoes, hole, holm, hols, home, homo, hone, hons, hose, lech, leno, lens, loch, loco, lone, loom, loon, loos, lose, mels, meno, mesh, mhos, mocs, mole, mols, mono, mons, mool, moon, moos, mosh, noel, noes, nolo, nome, noms, nose, nosh, ohms, oleo, oles, omen, once, ones, oohs, shmo, shoe, shoo, sloe, sole, solo, some, sone, soon. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-l-m-n-o-o-s" | |
+4 letters: commonwealths, homeschooling. | |
+5 letters: homeschoolings, monotheistical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 48 4F 4F 4C 4D 45 4E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .... --- --- .-.. -- . -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01001000 01001111 01001111 01001100 01001101 01000101 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C H O O L M E N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0048 004F 004F 004C 004D 0045 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)533742494946473948 |
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