Puseyism

American  

[pyoo-zee-iz-uhm] / ˈpyu ziˌɪz əm /

noun

1. Tractarianism.

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Puseyism British  

/ ˈpjuːzɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. a derogatory term for the Oxford Movement used by its contemporary opponents

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Other Word Forms

• Puseyistic adjective
• Puseyistical adjective
• Puseyite noun

Etymology

Origin of Puseyism

1830–40; (E. B.) Pusey + -ism

Example Sentences

Puseyism may retain as many in the English Church as it may send to Rome. 

From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

"They have gone over to Puseyism, and stained glass, and Saint Winifred's shin-bones, and early Christian art," broke in Stocmar.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

No plainer proof can be given of the feeling in these quarters, than the absurd myth, now a second time put forward, 'that Vice-Chancellors cannot be got to take the office on account of Puseyism.'

From Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry

In those days the Tracts were new, and read by everybody, and what has since been called Puseyism was in its robust infancy.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

And we need scarce remind the reader how peculiarly this may be the case with Scotland, whose acres, in such large proportions, are under the control of an incipient Puseyism already.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John