Puseyism
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Puseyistic adjective
- Puseyistical adjective
- Puseyite noun
Etymology
Origin of Puseyism
Example Sentences
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I always considered the attempt, a few years since, to convert the inhabitants of Nantucket to Puseyism, by a practical appeal to their self interest, however ingeniously contrived, a very wicked thing.
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“Puseyism” had been in the highest degree conservative, basing itself on authority and tradition, and repudiating any compromise with the modern critical and liberalizing spirit.
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I am apprehensive that some will accuse me of levity in my manner of alluding to Puseyism.
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He was at Oxford during the early years of the movement known as Puseyism, and was powerfully influenced by association with Newman, Pusey and Keble.
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In a mild form, that tendency gently blooms as Puseyism.
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