Tractarian

Variant of Tractarianism

Tractarianism definition

Trac·tari·an·ism (trak ter′ē ən iz′əm)

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

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