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

The folly of a few scholastics at Oxford has created all the hue and cry of Puseyism, and invigorated the hopes of Rome.

From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by Choules, J.O.

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

"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

Thenceforward Punch's religious war was directed chiefly against Puseyism and its "toys"—by which were designated the cross, candlesticks, and flowers.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)

I am rather inclined to think that the venerable couple are, up to this moment, unconscious of having any paternity whatever in Puseyism.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William