Definition of Theoric

1. a. Of or pertaining to the theorica.

2. n. Speculation; theory.

Definition of Theoric

1. Noun. (obsolete) Theory, as opposed to practice. (defdate 14th-19th c.) ¹

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Definition of Theoric

1. theory [n -S] - See also: theory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theoric

theorematists
theoremic
theorems
theoretic
theoretical
theoretical account
theoretical oxygen demand
theoretical physics
theoretical plate
theoretical probability
theoretically
theoretician
theoreticians
theoretick
theoretics
theoric (current term)
theorical
theorically
theorics
theories
theorisation
theorisations
theorise
theorised
theoriser
theorises
theorising
theorist
theorists
theorizable

Literary usage of Theoric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"Though the appropriation of the theoric Fund to other pur- ... This question about the theoric expenditure is rarely presented views given Dv modern authors ..."

2. A General History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by George William Cox (1876)
"... a charge for illegal procedure' by making any direct J5J the Tfcc- motion with regard to the theoric Fund. Apollo otic Fund, doros, one of the senators, ..."

3. Two Orations on the Crown: Aeschines and Demosthenes by Aeschines, Demosthenes, G. W. Biddle (1881)
"... Ctesiphon proposed his decree, Demosthenes was really accountable, as he was at that time Administrator of the theoric Fund and also Superintendent of. ..."

4. Two Orations on the Crown: Aeschines and Demosthenes by Aeschines, Demosthenes, G. W. Biddle (1881)
"Let the Clerk now read in whose archonship, and in what month and on what day, and in what Assembly y Demosthenes was elected to administer the theoric Fund ..."

5. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"... not less in regard to the gods than in regard to the city;* but it was only one portion of the total disbursements covered by the theoric Fund. ..."

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