Tractarian

American  

[trak-tair-ee-uhn] / trækˈtɛər i ən /

noun

1. one of the supporters of Tractarianism; a supporter of the Oxford movement.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Tractarianism or Tractarians.

Etymology

Origin of Tractarian

First recorded in 1815–25; tract ² + -arian

Example Sentences

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Tractarian

Tractarian scribes, trying to bring the Anglican Church closer to Roman Catholic practices, rewrote it to take out the Reformation sting.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been brought up in Tractarian views, and is said to have been at one time on the point of entering the Church of Rome.

From Studies in Contemporary Biography by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

The Tractarian movement had begun with Keble’s Assize Sermon five years before the Queen’s accession.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott

The same year, however, he was appointed to the vicarage of St Saviour’s, Leeds, a church founded to preach and illustrate Tractarian principles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Dean Bradley remarks how remote was their outlook on the world from that of the Oxford of his time, dominated by the Tractarian movement.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various