Laudian

[ law-dee-uh n ]

/ ˈlɔ di ən /

adjective

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.

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.

noun

a supporter of Archbishop Laud or of Laudianism.

Origin of Laudian

First recorded in 1685–95; Laud + -ian

Example sentences from the Web for laudian

Under the Laudian statutes the very examiners became corrupt.

An American at Oxford |John Corbin
The pulpits of the Laudian clergy resounded with the cry of "passive obedience."

History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) |John Richard Green
The church was weak, for the Laudian system was disliked by the nation.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 |Various
The doors of the screen belong to the Laudian revival, and bear the arms of Charles the First.

Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely |Rev. Edward Conybeare.

These Edwardine statutes, as they were called, remained nominally in force till the Laudian statutes replaced them.

Oxford and its Story |Cecil Headlam

British Dictionary definitions for laudian

Laudian

/ (ˈlɔːdɪən) /

adjective

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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Laudian

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Example sentences from the Web for laudian

British Dictionary definitions for laudian

adjective