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Puseyism

American  
[pyoo-zee-iz-uhm] / ˈpju ziˌɪz əm /

Puseyism British  
/ ˈpjuːzɪˌɪzəm /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Puseyism

1830–40; (E. B.) Pusey + -ism

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It is also but too possible that Puseyism nay yet rend the English establishment by a similar convulsion.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various

They seemed to feel that the fortunes of the Papacy would turn mainly upon the fortunes of Puseyism in England.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie

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 William Hogan

The clamour against Puseyism had died down, and the hostility of the evangelicals was no longer keen; otherwise it was the old story.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley

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

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

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