"chrestomathic" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1822, The Quarterly Review, volume 27, page 382:",
          "text": "If mankind be so intensely corrupt, if the world be the pandaemonium which he paints it, legislation would be in vain: chrestomathic education, and panopticon discipline would be fruitless […]",
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          "text": "1834-1847, Robert Southey, The Doctor\n[…] the art of destruction applied to noxious animals, a science which the said Jeremy proposes should form part of the course of studies in his Chrestomathic school."
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        "(of teaching or learning) That has a practical use"
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          "roman": "xrestomatíjnyj",
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        "A practical handbook."
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