Laudian

American  

[law-dee-uhn] / ˈlɔ di ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Archbishop Laud or his beliefs, especially that the Church of England preserves more fully than the Roman Catholic Church the faith and practices of the primitive church and that kings rule by divine right.

2. noting or pertaining to a style of English Gothic architecture of the early 17th century, characterized by a mixture of medieval and Renaissance motifs, attributed to the influence of the policies of Archbishop Laud.

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noun

1. a supporter of Archbishop Laud or of Laudianism.

Laudian British  

/ ˈlɔːdɪən /

adjective

1. Church of England of or relating to the High-Church standards set up for the Church of England by Archbishop Laud

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Etymology

Origin of Laudian

First recorded in 1685–95; Laud + -ian

Example Sentences

Under the Laudian statutes the very examiners became corrupt.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

Milton would not do as Peter Heylin did, who, when asked as to his religion, replied that he was a Catholic, which, in a Laudian, was but a natural equivoque.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

Even through the dreadful time of the Laudian terrorism it might be possible for research to discover half-stifled expressions of it.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

Laudian Professor of Arabic at Oxford University, and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

Hence a Wykehamist took his degree with no examination but that of his own college, both under the Laudian Statute and after the great statute of 1800, which set up the modern system of examinations.

From The Oxford Degree Ceremony by Wells, Joseph