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Laudian, a. (n.)|ˈlɔːdɪən|
Also 7–8 Laudean.
[f. name of William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury 1633–45 + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Laud; favouring the tenets or practices of Laud; instituted by Laud. Also as n., a follower of Laud.
1691Baxter Nat. Ch. xiv. 68 The Laudian New Church men, that are for a Forreign Jurisdiction. 1710Managers' Pro & Con 47 The Modern Laudeans can scarce bear the Word Reformation. 1738Neal Hist. Purit. IV. 408 The Earl of Clarendon was a Protestant of Laudean principles in Church and State. 1853Marsden Early Purit. 445 The tendency of the Laudian theology. 1861W. S. Perry Hist. Ch. Eng. I. xv. 555 The Laudian system of Church Government. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. 495 The Laudian clergy..regarded it [Sunday] simply as one among the holidays of the Church.
Hence ˈLaudianism, the principles and practice of Laud and his followers.
1872R. Rainy Lect. Ch. Scot. ii. (1883) 94 He will say this is Laudianism, in principle identical with the Anglican High Churchism. |