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

Even through the dreadful time of the Laudian terrorism it might be possible for research to discover half-stifled expressions of it.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

So in the following simile he begins with the Homeric wolf and ends with the Roman and Laudian clergy.

From Milton by Bailey, John Cann

The church was weak, for the Laudian system was disliked by the nation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

He was a strong Laudian and Royalist, and had already been in prison on that account.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

Until the Toleration Act, the theory was worthless to the English Church because its temper, under the ægis of Laudian views, had been in substance theocratic.

From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Laski, Harold Joseph