Puseyism

[ pyoo-zee-iz-uhm ]

/ ˈpyu ziˌɪz əm /

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noun

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Origin of Puseyism

1830–40; (E. B.) Pusey + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM Puseyism

Pu·sey·is·ti·cal, Pu·sey·is·tic, adjectivePu·sey·ite

[pyoo-zee-ahyt], /ˈpyu ziˌaɪt/, noun

Words nearby Puseyism

purveyor, purview, pus, Pusan, Pusey, Puseyism, push, push about, push along, push around, pushback

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How to use Puseyism in a sentence

And no Puseyism either: broad, earnest religious teaching, with a leaning to moderate Anglicanism, should be the faith of Lupton.
The Secret Glory|Arthur Machen
The germs of Popery, Sacerdotalism, Puseyism, are inevitably contained in this latter thesis.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
It is also but too possible that Puseyism nay yet rend the English establishment by a similar convulsion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844|Various
Neither had Laudism revived, under its new name of Puseyism.
Liverpool a few years since|James Aspinall

It is not wonderful that Puseyism should share in this universal indulgence.
The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.|E. Rameur

British Dictionary definitions for Puseyism

Puseyism

/ (ˈpjuːzɪˌɪzəm) /

noun

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

Derived forms of Puseyism

Puseyite, noun, adjective

Word Origin for Puseyism

C19: after E. B. Pusey

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