Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
Academic studies.
Academic dress; academicals.
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
Bad or undesirable.
One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.
A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
A penny farthing bicycle.
A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action.
An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.