Canterburian

Noun

Canterburian (plural Canterburians)

1. Synonym of Laudian.
   • Notwithstanding, when a Bishops Set was their erected for the daunting of the Puritan faction, when the Liturgie was in that place to be established, and grounds to be layed fro the propagating of the Canterburian Dictates through our Kingdome, No excues of health, or corruption of the aire of...1640, Proceedings of the General Assembly at Aberdeen in 1640, With Regard to the Writings of Bishop William Forbes
   • We do not refer to you Episcopalians as Canterburians.2002, Louis Weil, A Theology of Worship, page 53

   Synonyms:

   Laudian

2. A student or faculty member at Canterbury Christ Church University.
   • Until early March of 1833, Canterburians voiced no displeasure with their new school;.1975, Lawrence Jacob Friedman, Inventors of the promised land, page 269
   • But the Canterburians had gone wild with the news. They had rung bells, fired cannon and marched Miss Crandall off to jail, putting her in a cell that had just been vacated by a condemned murderer who had been hanged.1989, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Echo of lions, page 103