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

A female cousin, who eventually went over to Rome, counted for something among the influences that drove him into 'frantic Puseyism.'

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs by Morley, John

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

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 Hogan, William

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 Wylie, James Aitken

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 Benson, Arthur Christopher