Henrician

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Henrician (comparative more Henrician, superlative most Henrician)

Relating to Henry, especially any of the kings called Henry; supporting or on the side of Henry.
- 1964, Timothy Francis Shirley, Thomas Thirlby: Tudor Bishop‎^[1], page 78:
  He worked loyally for Edward VI, and Elizabeth for as long as he was allowed to. He was more Henrician than Gardiner, […] .
- 1981, Margaret Bowker, The Henrician Reformation: The Diocese of Lincoln Under John Longland 1521-1547, page 137:
  Their reasons were many, but among them would surely have figured a doubt about the Henrician church, both in its theology and in its changes to the established pattern of clerical life.
- 2016, John Kerrigan, Shakespeare's Binding Language‎^[2], page 412:
  The king seals his faith in Cranmer with what is piously not quite an oath (a more Henrician than Protestant one): 'God's blest mother, | I swear he is true-hearted' (154–5).
of or relating to 12th century heresiarch Henry of Lausanne and his heretical doctrines