Originally, a musical school attached to a monastery or church. Also known as a schola cantorum. / Today, a group of musicians, particularly one which specializes in liturgical music.

plural of schola

plural of schola

The body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public.

(idiomatic) An admirable, intelligent person (usually a man).

The state or condition of being scholarly.

plural of a gentleman and a scholar

(uncountable) Any body of publications purported to be scholarly or supported by critical scholarship but which fails to comply with scholarly standards

(obsolete, rare) Scholarship.

(chess) The checkmate which occurs shortly after the opening, when the white queen checkmates by taking the black pawn on f7 (or the black queen taking the white pawn on f2), protected by a bishop on c4 (or c5).