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

I think it were as well to tell Puseyism that it has something of good, but also much of bad and even worst.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas

Well, well, I can always go over to Puseyism to spite my friends, and that's some comfort.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina

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 Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

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 Davidson, John

Puseyism, 131. ————- flatters the vanity of ministers, 131.

From American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann by Schmucker, S. S. (Samuel Simon)