the comprehensive system of philosophy and theology developed by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century, and since taught and maintained by his followers, esp in the Dominican order
Derived forms
Thomist (ˈThomist)
noun, adjective
Thomistic (Thoˈmistic) or Thomistical (Thoˈmistical)
adjective
Thomism in American English
(ˈtoʊˌmɪzəm)
noun
the theological and philosophical doctrines or system of Saint Thomas Aquinas and his followers