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Tractarian
Variant of Tractarianism
noun
the principles of the Oxford movement, favoring a return to early Catholic doctrines in the Church of England: from the ninety “Tracts for the Times,” pamphlets issued at Oxford from 1833 to 1841
Related Forms:
- Tractarian noun, adjective
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