Erastian

[ ih-ras-chuhn, -tee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Thomas Erastus or Erastianism.

noun

1. an advocate of Erastianism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Erastian¹

First recorded in 1645–55; Erast(us) + -ian

Example Sentences

Do you hear, hang, you Erastian dog!

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But the days when the Times, long since convinced of its Erastian errors, could sneer at Convocation as ‘a clerical debating society with a long name’ are altogether gone by.

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He hated ex animo all those aspects of Anglicanism which best recommend it to Erastian minds.

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The Erastian flourishes his Acts of Parliament in the face of the Anglican, who burrows like a cony in the rolls of Convocation.

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They have established and homologated an erastian supremacy, to the prejudice of true religion, and the liberties of the church and kingdom; and their owners have abetted and countenanced the same, and not preserved either the liberties of church or kingdom, contrary to the 3d article.

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