Erasmian

From the Renaissance Latin Erasmiānus.

Erasmian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Erasmus (Catholic priest and theologian).
   • 1985, Lucien Febvre, The problem of unbelief in the sixteenth century: the religion of Rabelais‎^[1], →ISBN, page 286:

     It was not, as Juan de Valdes very clearly attests, repugnant to an Erasmian Evangelical, even if he otherwise admired Luther.

Erasmian (plural Erasmians)

1. A follower of Erasmus.
   • 1992, Leopoldo Zea, Amy Oliver, The role of the Americas in history‎^[2], →ISBN, page 220:

     The spirit of the Spanish Erasmians was in fact different from the spirit that inspired Erasmus and his followers in the rest of Western Europe.

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