Tractarianism
[ trak-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m ]
/ trækˈtɛər i əˌnɪz əm /
noun
the religious opinions and principles of the Oxford movement, especially in its early phase, given in a series of 90 papers called Tracts for the Times, published at Oxford, England, 1833–41.
Origin of Tractarianism
1830–40;
tractarian +
-ism
Example sentences from the Web for tractarianism
But he then proceeds to inform us what should be the true object of national alarm, and that is Tractarianism!
British Dictionary definitions for tractarianism
Derived forms of Tractarianism
Tractarian, noun, adjectiveWord Origin for Tractarianism
after the series of tracts,
Tracts for the Times, published between 1833 and 1841, in which the principles of the movement were presented