1. (n.) Alt. of Classical.

2. (n.) A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language.

3. (n.) One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.

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