Erastian
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Erastian
Example Sentences
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"Even a superficial examination of the facts," says the Vatican White Book, "is sufficient to show Lord Strickland's Erastian mentality and policy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Being a Catholic himself, he knows what it means to be called an "Erastian."
From Time Magazine Archive
The ground was occupied by legal fictions; by a godless Erastian church and a powerless Hanoverian king.
From What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
It was Erastian, a creature of the state, threatened by the Reform Bill of 1832, threatened by every liberal wind of opinion.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
In a very different way the Prussian state, centralized, efficient, and Erastian, organizing the whole resources of the community under the guidance of the state, enforced the same principle.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
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