Definition of "Creonian"
Creonian1
adjective
not comparable
Quotations
With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves.
1695, Richard Blackmore, “Book IX”, in Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Awnsham and John Churchil […], page 267
They took possession of the Creonian dominions, in consequence of the laws and prescriptions of the country; as the Creones now assumed a new appellation from them, and were denominated, like them, Ar-gathel, iar-gael, or Ar-gyle.
1773, John Whitaker, The Genuine History of the Britons Asserted against Mr. Macpherson
Glengary, with part of his family, were returning in the steamer from a visit to some of their more Southron friends: they had passed through the Creonian Canal, and were within but a few miles of Fort William.
1833, Thomas Burgeland Johnson, The Sportsmen’s Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine, page 375
Creonian2
adjective
comparative more Creonian, superlative most Creonian
Quotations
We may call this the typical Creonian position. Creon exemplifies, in Sophocles' tragedy, the ruler (and victor in the civil war) who seeks to impose this exact view by prohibiting the burial of the leader of the losing side.
2015, Anna Lisa Tota, Trever Hagen, Routledge International Handbook of Memory Studies, page 186