Category:Tractarian

Trac*ta"ri*an, n. (ch. of england)

Defn: 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.

Tractarian Trac*ta"ri*an, a.

Defn: of or pertaining to the tractarians, or their principles.