Erastian

American  

[ih-ras-chuhn, -tee-uhn] / ɪˈræs tʃən, -ti ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Thomas Erastus or Erastianism.

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noun

1. an advocate of Erastianism.

Etymology

Origin of Erastian

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

Example Sentences

Being a Catholic himself, he knows what it means to be called an "Erastian."

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

He is still the Great Erastian, the protagonist of laity against clergy.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

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.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

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

From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine