Puseyism
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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 Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)
To fly in the teeth of English Puseyism, and risk such shrill welcome as I am pretty sure of, is questionable: yet at bottom why not?
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas
I am apprehensive that some will accuse me of levity in my manner of alluding to Puseyism.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
There is no Socinian district in Scotland; old Scotch Episcopacy has not its single parish; and high Puseyism has not its half, or quarter, or even tithe of a parish.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John
Puseyism may retain as many in the English Church as it may send to Rome.
From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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