Puseyism
Americannoun
noun
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Mr. Cruse was a University man, of course; had been educated at Trinity College Cambridge, and piqued himself much on being far removed from the dangers of Puseyism.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
This would again vacate, the Queen believes, a stall at Winchester, which she would like to see filled by a person decidedly adverse to Puseyism.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Arthur Christopher Benson
A friend of Sydney Smith inquired, "What is Puseyism!"
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon
I imagine the crime of Puseyism, in the eyes of most churchmen, is the crime of a pretty woman in an assembly of haggard crones.
From The London Pulpit by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
If Puseyism does not bid fair to possess a majority of the people of the country, it bids fair at least to possess a majority of its acres.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson
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