Tractarianism

[trak-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm]

Trac·tar·i·an·ism

[trak-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm]
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:
1830–40; tractarian + -ism
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Tractarianism has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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Tractarianism (trækˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm)
 
n
another name for the Oxford Movement
 
[after the series of tracts, Tracts for the Times, published between 1833 and 1841, in which the principles of the movement were presented]
 
Trac'tarian
 
n, —adj

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