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.
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.