Erasmian
Americanadjective
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I hope that the days of the Erasmian absurdity, which belongs to the Dark Ages and is unworthy of American scholars, are now numbered.
From Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Achilles Rose
Duke William of Cleves-Jülich-Berg had adopted an Erasmian compromise between Lutheranism and Romanism, in some respects resembling the course pursued by Henry.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
He believes the modern Greek tongue as now spoken and written to be the ideal one for international intercourse, especially on scientific matters, and repudiates the Erasmian method of pronunciation.
From Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Achilles Rose
The little Dutch eighteenth-century country-seats and garden-houses in which the national spirit took great delight are the fulfilment of a purely Erasmian ideal.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
His broad tolerance found its best, or only, support in the Erasmian tendencies of Coornheert.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
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