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Erasmian

[ ih-raz-mee-uh n ]

/ ɪˈræz mi ən /

adjective

of, relating to, or like Erasmus.

noun

a follower of Erasmus.

Origin of Erasmian

First recorded in 1750–60; Erasm(us) + -ian

OTHER WORDS FROM Erasmian

E·ras·mi·an·ism, noun

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Examples from the Web for erasmian

It was the one point in which the Erasmian creed was at fault.
The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm
Of all the triumphs of the Erasmian "If," none is more complete or more significant than this.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam|Ephraim Emerton
The reason for the inclusion of the Erasmian essay is never clearly stated in the other sections of the Treatise.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry
There are a number of proofs that the Erasmian pronunciation is radically wrong, and that the modern Greek is the correct one.
Troy and its Remains|Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann

I know of nothing in me, he wrote, why anyone should wish to be Erasmian, and I altogether hate that term of division.
The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm

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