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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Tractariannoun

    a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times')

Wikipedia

  1. tractarian

    The Oxford Movement was a movement of high church members of the Church of England which began in the 1830s and eventually developed into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose original devotees were mostly associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of some older Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy and theology. They thought of Anglicanism as one of three branches of the "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" Christian church. Many key participants subsequently converted to Roman Catholicism. The movement's philosophy was known as Tractarianism after its series of publications, the Tracts for the Times, published from 1833 to 1841. Tractarians were also disparagingly referred to as "Newmanites" (before 1845) and "Puseyites" (after 1845) after two prominent Tractarians, John Henry Newman and Edward Bouverie Pusey. Other well-known Tractarians included John Keble, Charles Marriott, Richard Froude, Robert Wilberforce, Isaac Williams and William Palmer. All except Williams and Palmer were fellows of Oriel College, Oxford.

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  1. tractarian

    A tractarian is someone who is a follower or adherent of the philosophical theories and ideas established by Ludwig Wittgenstein in his work "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus". The term also refers to someone who follows or supports the ideas of the 'Oxford Movement' in the Anglican Church, also known as Tractarianism, which was named after its series of publications called "Tracts for the Times".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tractariannoun

    one of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called "Tracts for the Times," issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite

  2. Tractarianadjective

    of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tractarian

    trakt-ār′i-an, n. one of the writers of the famous Tracts for the Times, published at Oxford during the years 1833-41—Pusey, Newman, Keble, Hurrell Froude, and Isaac Williams.—ns. Tractār′ianism, the system of religious opinion promulgated in these, its main aim to assert the authority and dignity of the Anglican Church; Tractā′tor, one of the writers of the foregoing.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tractarian in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Tractarian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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