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Trac⋅tar⋅i⋅an⋅ism

[trak-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm]
–noun
the religious opinions and principles of the Oxford movement, esp. 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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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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