Erasmian /əˈɹæzmiən/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to Erasmus (Catholic priest and theologian).It was not, as Juan de Valdes very clearly attests, repugnant to an Erasmian Evangelical, even if he otherwise admired Luther. — 1985 noun1 •A follower of Erasmus.The spirit of the Spanish Erasmians was in fact different from the spirit that inspired Erasmus and his followers in the rest of Western Europe. — 1992 formsErasmians