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• Abélard
  Abélard

  noun

  Pierre Peter Abelard, 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.
• Abelard
  Abelard

  noun

  Peter. French name Pierre Abélard. 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher and theologian whose works include Historia Calamitatum and Sic et Non (1121). His love for Héloïse is recorded in their correspondence

Abélard

American  

[ab-uh-lahrd, a-bay-lar] / ˈæb əˌlɑrd, a beɪˈlar /

noun

1. Pierre Peter Abelard, 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.

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Abelard British  

/ ˈæbəˌlɑːd /

noun

1. Peter. French name Pierre Abélard. 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher and theologian whose works include Historia Calamitatum and Sic et Non (1121). His love for Héloïse is recorded in their correspondence

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Abélard Abelard

Whatever was valuable in the free thought of Abélard outlived his time.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

"Who would not be the Abélard to such an Éloise?" he said.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various

One remarkable tomb attracts us; it is that of Abélard and Héloise, upon which some hand has just placed fresh flowers.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Maturin Murray Ballou

I am no Abélard, however, and do not want her to become a Héloïse!

From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by F. Jordan

That he and Abélard disagreed was only natural, but Abélard's statement that he argued William into abandoning the basic principles of his philosophy is certainly untrue.

From Historia Calamitatum by Peter Abelard

The Morgan family keep up the pressure on the Met, and a new investigation - Operation Abelard - begins in the summer of 2001.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2021

The new rigor of education and the expansion of cathedral schools, helped in part by the popularity of figures like Abelard, led in turn to the emergence of the first true universities.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

No question but that you'd be an exceptional Eloise, but what actor could they possibly find to match you playing Abelard??

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017

We may not rank up there with Héloïse and Abelard, but then neither did most 12th-century correspondents.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2016

“They’re all wondering where I am, of course. Many I don’t even know are wondering. It’s certainly gotten around that Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, of the Mossville Flints, is missing.”

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

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