Meaning of classical | Babel Free

Definitions

1. classic, classical (of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art)
2. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
3. classical, classic (of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans and their literature)
4. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
5. Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
6. classical (describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries)
7. Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.
   informal
8. classic, traditional
9. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
10. classic, typical (exemplary of a particular style)
11. Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
12. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
13. Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.

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Examples

“... Mr. Greaves, who may be juſtly reckoned a Claſſical Author on this Subject.”

“Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today.”

“He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college.”

“a classical scholar”

“But she’s not just classy; she’s classical: so deeply versed in tap tradition and technique that she has the whole of it at her command and never has to worry.”

“classical dance”

“1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 1, page 151. Classical, provincial, and national synods.”

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