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Tractarian
Trac-ta′ri-an
,Noun.
(Ch. of England)
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.
Trac-ta′ri-an
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
Definition 2024
Tractarian
Tractarian
English
Noun
Tractarian (plural Tractarians)
- A member of the Oxford movement
Adjective
Tractarian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus