education

From the 1828 Websters Dictionary:
EDUCA'TION, n. [L. educatio.] The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties.

Modern day Websters Dictionary:

Definition of EDUCATION

1

a : the action or process of educating or of being educated; also : a stage of such a process b : the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process education>

2

: the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools


Crazy differences in the definitions, huh?