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Trac⋅tar⋅i⋅an

  [trak-tair-ee-uhn]
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–noun
1. one of the supporters of Tractarianism; a supporter of the Oxford movement.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Tractarianism or Tractarians.
Origin:
1815–25; tract 2 + -arian
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Trac·tar·i·an·ism   (trāk-târ'ē-ə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  The religious opinions and principles of the founders of the Oxford movement, put forth in a series of 90 pamphlets entitled Tracts for the Times, published at Oxford, England (1833-1841).
Trac·tar'i·an adj. & n.
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