Tractarian

[ trak-tair-ee-uh n ]

/ trækˈtɛər i ən /

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

of or relating to Tractarianism or Tractarians.

Origin of Tractarian

First recorded in 1815–25; tract² + -arian

The Tractarian movement took its rise in a longing for saintliness, of which Keble furnished a living example.

The Age of Tennyson |Hugh Walker
He was often applied to for information and suggestion on the points arising in the Tractarian controversy.

Apologia Pro Vita Sua |John Henry Cardinal Newman
It is a second Tractarian excitement, with Algarcife for the leader.

Phases of an Inferior Planet |Ellen Glasgow
It was determined to transform the "Pilgrim's Progress" into a Tractarian book.

The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4) |Thomas Babington Macaulay

Such deposit Newman and the Tractarian movement certainly did make.

Edward Caldwell Moore |Edward Moore