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erudition|ɛruːˈdɪʃən|
Forms: 5–6 erudicioun(e, 6 erudician, -ion, -yon, erudycyon, -ditioun, -dytion, 5– erudition.
[ad. L. ērudītiōnem, n. of action f. ērudīre: see prec. Cf. F. érudition.]
†1. The action or process of training or instructing; instruction, education. Obs.
c1400Beryn 1428, I seyd a word or to..Ffor thyne erudicioune. 1483Caxton Cato 2 For the erudition of my lord Bousher. 1533Bellenden Livy iii. (1822) 268 Commoun skulis war devisit for erudicioun of young persouns. a1626Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law xviii. 67 Hee had contracted for his owne aliments and erudition. 1749Fielding Tom Jones i. vi, This gift Jenny had..improved by erudition.
†2. concr. Imparted instruction, teaching; also a doctrine, maxim. Obs.
1528Roy Sat., Doinge after the apostles erudicion..I..will not be negligent to put my brethren in remembraunce. 1567Trial Treas. in Hazl. Dodsley III. 300 Let all men consider this good erudition. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 77 b, It is a common erudicion and learning that a man, etc.
3.
†a. The state or condition of being trained or instructed; const. in, of (obs.).
b. In later use: Acquired knowledge, esp. in languages, literature, antiquities, etc.; learning, scholarship.
1530Palsgr. Introd. 6 Your noble graces other manyfolde sortes of excellent erudytion and lytterature. a1533Frith Another Bk. agst. Rastell (1829) 210 More and Rochester were men of..singular erudition in all kind of learning. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. p. xviii, Howbeit they had na sicker cognosance and ful erudition of al thingis. a1639Wotton (J.), The Earl was of good erudition, having been placed at study in Cambridge very young. 1718Free-thinker No. 18. 110 Madam Dacier has the Advantage in Point of Erudition. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 65 She had a romantic taste for classical erudition. 1860Macaulay Biog. (1867) 13 Exhibiting a little erudition in such a manner as to make it look like a great deal. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. i. (1873) 3 Some Monks and Priests..represented all the erudition of their times.
†4. Of a coin: Perfect workmanship, finish. Obs. rare.
1702Addison Dial. Medals Wks. 1721 I. 437 The intrinsic value of an old coin does not consist in its metal but its erudition. It is the Device that has raised the species. 1747Dingley Gems in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 506 The Merit both of Intaglio's and Cameo's depends on their Erudition, on the Goodness of the Workmanship, and on the Beauty of their Polish.
Hence eruˈditional a., of or pertaining to erudition, † educational, disciplinary. eruˈditionist, one who devotes himself to erudition or training.
1657M. Lawrence Use & Pract. Faith 245 A conditional speech is but an eruditional speech, to warn us of our weakness. 1805W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 107 The poem struck me as..having lyrical and eruditional merit. 1836Chalmers Mor. & Mental Philos. Wks. V. 57 They never fully grappled with the question as eruditionists. |