Puseyism
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Mr. Cruse was a University man, of course; had been educated at Trinity College Cambridge, and piqued himself much on being far removed from the dangers of Puseyism.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
No plainer proof can be given of the feeling in these quarters, than the absurd myth, now a second time put forward, that 'Vice-Chancellors cannot be got to take the office on account of Puseyism.'
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
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
Thenceforward Punch's religious war was directed chiefly against Puseyism and its "toys"—by which were designated the cross, candlesticks, and flowers.
From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann
The folly of a few scholastics at Oxford has created all the hue and cry of Puseyism, and invigorated the hopes of Rome.
From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by J.O. Choules
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