- Laudian
- adjective see Laud
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Laudian Professor of Arabic — The Laudian Professorship of Arabic was established by Archbishop Laud of Canterbury in favour of Oxford University. Its first holder was the noted orientalist Edward Pococke (1604 1696) who entered the post in 1636.Subsequent holders have… … Wikipedia
Laudian — /law dee euhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Archbishop Laud or his beliefs, esp. that the Church of England preserves more fully than the Roman Catholic Church the faith and practices of the primitive church and that kings rule by divine right. 2 … Universalium
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Laud, William — born Oct. 7, 1573, Reading, Berkshire, Eng. died Jan. 10, 1645, London Archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45) and religious adviser to Charles I. He became a privy councillor in 1627 and bishop of London in 1628, devoting himself to combating… … Universalium
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David Samuel Margoliouth — (17 October 1858 in London, England, – 23 March 1940) was an orientalist. He was briefly active as a priest in the Church of England. He was Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1889 to 1937.[1][2] His father, Ezekiel, had … Wikipedia
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Laudianism — was an early seventeenth century reform movement within the Church of England, promulgated by Archbishop William Laud and his supporters. It rejected the predestination upheld by the previously dominant Calvinism in favour of free will, and hence … Wikipedia
