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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-bey-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

At first I skipped to the second volume, containing the "Philosophy of Abélard," and, after reading that with the greatest interest, I returned to the first, to the life of the great heresiarch.

From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper M?rim?e

The abbot to whom Abélard refers so bitterly was Adam of St. Denis, who began his rule of the monastery about 1094.

From Historia Calamitatum by Peter Abelard

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

Thanks to his machinations, Abélard was compelled to recant at the Council of Sens, and was condemned by the Pope to eternal silence.

From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner

He stroked her hair, her cheeks, looking into her face as Abélard might have looked at Héloïse.

From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser

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