Definitions for oxford movement
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ox′ford move`ment(n.)
the movement toward High Church principles within the Church of England, originating at Oxford University in 1833.
Category: Religion
Ref: Compare Tractarianism.
Origin of Oxford movement:
1835–45
Princeton's WordNet
Oxford movement(noun)
19th-century movement in the Church of England opposing liberal tendencies
Wiktionary
Oxford movement(Noun)
A group of clerical Oxford dons that tried to link the Anglican Church more closely to its Roman Catholic roots
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