Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of Laudianism.
The Canterburianism of the times of Charles the First did that hapless monarch much harm.
1869, Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and Its People, page 3512 more examples
An authority on the Scottish Eucharist itself, George R. Burnet, describes tendencies in the Communion office of 1637 that would have alarmed opponents of Canterburianism: Internally, the most significant contrasts to the English Prayer Book related to the Communion office.
1968, Edward Clowes Chorley, Walter Herbert Stowe, Lawrence L. Brown, Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, page 109Elsewhere he stated that Canterburianism was 'nothing but masked Popery, but a high path-royall way to Rome, a Schoole of Idolatry, Heresie, Treadhery, and mercilesse bloodshed.'
2000, David George Mullan, Scottish Puritanism, 1590-1638, page 241Synonyms: Laudianism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Laudianism.
Origin
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