What does chrestomathic mean?
Chrestomathic means (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
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/ˌkɹɛstəˈmæθɪk/ · adjective
(of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
1834-1847, Robert Southey, The Doctor […] the art of destruction applied to noxious animals, a science which the said Jeremy proposes should form part of the course of studies in his Chrestomathic school.
If mankind be so intensely corrupt, if the world be the pandaemonium which he paints it, legislation would be in vain: chrestomathic education, and panopticon discipline would be fruitless […]
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Chrestomathic means (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
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1834-1847, Robert Southey, The Doctor […] the art of destruction applied to noxious animals, a science which the said Jeremy proposes should form part of the course of studies in his Chrestomathic school.
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