Laudian

American  

[law-dee-uhn] / ˈlɔ di ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Archbishop Laud or his beliefs, especially that the Church of England preserves more fully than the Roman Catholic Church the faith and practices of the primitive church and that kings rule by divine right.

2. noting or pertaining to a style of English Gothic architecture of the early 17th century, characterized by a mixture of medieval and Renaissance motifs, attributed to the influence of the policies of Archbishop Laud.

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noun

1. a supporter of Archbishop Laud or of Laudianism.

Laudian British  

/ ˈlɔːdɪən /

adjective

1. Church of England of or relating to the High-Church standards set up for the Church of England by Archbishop Laud

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Etymology

Origin of Laudian

First recorded in 1685–95; Laud + -ian

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Laudian

Under the Laudian statutes the very examiners became corrupt.

From An American at Oxford by John Corbin

The Laudian Statutes here as elsewhere form the transition from the arrangements of Pre-Reformation Oxford to those of our own day.

From The Oxford Degree Ceremony by Joseph Wells

This corresponds to the 'Congregation of Regents' of the Laudian Statutes.

From The Oxford Degree Ceremony by Joseph Wells

His breeding at home, at school, at college, was that of a member of the Established Church, but of the Puritan and Calvinistic, not of the Laudian and Arminian, party within its pale.

From Milton by Mark Pattison

Laudian Statutes, quoted, 4, 6, 18, 40; oath in, 13; greater strictness of, 67.

From The Oxford Degree Ceremony by Joseph Wells