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Erastian
[ ih-ras-chuhn, -tee-uhn ]
noun
- an advocate of Erastianism.
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He was a thorough Erastian, who believed in the subordination of the Church to the state.
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To the erastian lawyer the church was an institution erected on principles of political expediency by act of parliament.
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When occasion calls, you'll find all your friends—your half-hearted, carping, Erastian friends—ranged up tight beside you.
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The legislation on ecclesiastical matters was as Erastian as William himself could have desired.
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The new system was, in principle, scarcely less Erastian than that which it displaced.
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