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To the erastian lawyer the church was an institution erected on principles of political expediency by act of parliament.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

Lord Derby, I think, early began to escape from the erastian yoke which weighed upon Peel.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

I know this erastian humour aboundeth at court.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James