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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ERAS'TIAN, n. A follower of one Erastus, the leader of a religious sect, who denied the power of the church to discipline its members.

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Thomas Erastus died 1583 Swiss physician and Zwinglian theologian Date: 1773 of, characterized by, or advocating the doctrine of state supremacy in ecclesiastical affairs • Erastian noun • Erastianism noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Erastian E*ras"tian (?; 106), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State. --Shipley.