Centuristn.

1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection 532 The Centurists say: Princes may not bee heads of the Church, that primacie is not fit for them.

1636 W. Prynne Unbishoping of Timothy & Titus 15 Making the Succession of Bishops..as questionable as the Centurists orders.

1687 J. Gother Catholic Representer xvi. 87 These Fathers are rejected by the Centurists.

1708 Dissenting Laity against Clamours of Highflying Clergy 60 The Centurists of Magdenburg assure us, that neither the Apostles, or any Apostolick men, did never give Christians and Laws or Rule for observing any other Day or Days than the Lord's Day.

1754 Rev. Controv. conc. Miracles xii. 338 Nevertheless, say the Protestant Centurists, He was a vehement defender of the throne of Antichrist.

1846 Morning Post 3 Nov. 2/4 The Centurists confess—‘That in the Church of the Jews there was by God's law, one only chief priest, whom all were forced to acknowledge and obey.’

1865 R. Melia Treat. on Auricular Confession ii. 34 The Centurists of Magdeburg (whose writings are, by English Protestants, affirmed to be an excellent work of immortal memory).

1906 A. M. Christie tr. J. Janssen Hist. German People X. ii. iii. 63 This writer agreed with the Magdeburg Centurists.

2002 J. E. Curran Rom. Invasions ii. 44 The Centurists well understood and disliked the problems Galfridianism posed.