Grotius
noun
Hugo Huig de Groot, 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
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Before the spread of Grotianism, or the Old Bailey 'nolens volens' Christianity, such language was unexampled.
From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge