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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tractarian  \Trac*ta"ri*an\,  n.  (Ch.  of  England) 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tractarian  \Trac*ta"ri*an\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  Tractarians,  or  their  principles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tractarian 
  n  :  a  follower  of  Tractarianism  and  supporter  of  the  Oxford 
  movement  (which  was  expounded  in  pamphlets  called  "Tracts 
  for  the  Times")  [syn:  {Tractarian}] 




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