Tractarian

[træk'tєәriәn]

Definition

(noun.) a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times').

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Definition

(n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called "Tracts for the Times," issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.

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n. one of the writers of the famous Tracts for the Times published at Oxford during the years 1833-41—Pusey Newman Keble Hurrell Froude and Isaac Williams.—ns. Tractār′ianism the system of religious opinion promulgated in these its main aim to assert the authority and dignity of the Anglican Church; Tractā′tor one of the writers of the foregoing.

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