a. and sb. [f. CANTERBURY + -AN.] Of or pertaining to Canterbury, esp. to the archiepiscopal See; in the 17th c. taken as a representative of High Church Anglicanism. Hence Canterburianism. So † Canterburiness, mock designation of the Archbishop of Canterbury or his dignity.
1570. Levins, Manip., 20. Canterburiane, Cantuariensis.
1660. T. Fisher, Rusticks Alarm, Wks. (1679), 216. Either Romish or Canterburian Catholicks.
1848. H. Miller, First Impr., xx. (1857), 351. The Canterburianism of the times of Charles the First did that hapless monarch much harm.
1588. Marprel. Epist. (Arb.), 15. The Pope … being far better than were John with his Canterburinesse.
1589. Marprel. Epit. (1843), 9. I hope his Canterburinesse will looke to this geare.
