Definition of Erasmian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or in the manner of Erasmus.

Partainyms: Erasmus
Derivative terms: Erasmus

Definition of Erasmian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Erasmus (gloss Catholic priest and theologian). ¹

2. Noun. A follower of Erasmus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erasmian

Equus hemionus
Equus hemionus hemionus
Equus kiang
Equus quagga
Equus zebra zebra
Eragrostic abyssinica
Eragrostis
Eragrostis curvula
Eragrostis tef
Eramo
Eramos
Eramosa
Eranko's fluorescence stain
Eranthis
Eranthis hyemalis
Erasmian (current term)
Erasmians
Erasmus
Erastian
Erastianism
Erastians
Erastus
Eratosthenes
Erb's palsy
Erb-Charcot disease
Erb-Duchenne paralysis
Erb-Westphal sign
ErbB-2
Erb atrophy

Literary usage of Erasmian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"John Colet (qv), professor at Oxford and dean of St. Paul's, though Erasmian rather than Lutheran, was a preacher of power. His striking lectures 011 Paul's ..."

2. Chronicles of Erasmus Hall by Willis Boughton, Eugene Wendell Harter (1906)
"Thou shah not fail to subscribe to THE Erasmian. THE Erasmian THE COVER OF THE Erasmian 8. Thou shah nol acquire three late slips a month. 9. ..."

3. Renaissance Types by William Samuel Lilly (1901)
"And now, making special use of these seven works at which I have just glanced, while not neglecting other Erasmian literature; and ever keeping before me ..."

4. The Modern Greek: Its Pronunciation and Relations to Ancient Greek, with an by Telemachus Thomas Timayenis (1877)
"THE Erasmian SYSTEM. AT the first appearance of the Turkish supremacy in Greece, ... The Erasmian system of Greek pronunciation was proposed about the ..."

5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"While it is amusing to read the origin of the Erasmian pronunciation, ... The introduction of the Erasmian absurdity was the death-blow to the knowledge of ..."

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