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Definition of: Erastianism
(i·ras′chən·iz′əm, -tē·ən-) noun
The doctrine that the church is entirely subservient to the authority of the state. [after Thomas Erastus, to whom this doctrine is improperly attributed]
—E·ras′tian adjective & noun
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