a. and sb. [f. Erasm-us the literary name of an eminent scholar of the 16th c. + -IAN.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, or after the manner of, Erasmus.
1881. Potter, in Critic, 10 Sept., 240. Daudet listened to Erasmian stories while the mistral rushed howling through the belfry.
B. sb. A follower of Erasmus; one who holds the views of Erasmus. b. One who follows the system of ancient Greek pronunciation advocated by Erasmus: opposed to Reuchlinian.
1883. A. F. Mitchell, in Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., II. 935. At this date he [Patrick Hamilton] was probably more of an Erasmian than a Lutheran.
Hence Erasmianism, the doctrines or religious system of Erasmus.
1758. Jortin, Erasm., I. 616. Here and there he smells a little of Erasmianism.
