chrestomathic

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɛstəˈmæθɪk/

chrestomathic (not comparable)

1. (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use
   • 1822, The Quarterly Review, volume 27, page 382:

     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 […]

   • 1834-1847, Robert Southey, The Doctor

     […] 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.

• chrestomathy

chrestomathic (plural chrestomathics)

1. A practical handbook.