Word Meanings - TRACTARIANISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."

Related words: (words related to TRACTARIANISM)

• ACCEPTABLE
  Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
• ACCEPTOR
  One who accepts; specifically ,
• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• ACCEPTATION
  1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. 2. The meaning
• TIMESERVING
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• ACCEPTION
  Acceptation; the received meaning. Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces , favoritism; partiality. Wyclif.
• ACCEPT
  To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier. 6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; bill , to agree to pay it when due. -- To accept service , to agree that a writ or
• ACCEPTEDLY
  In a accepted manner; admittedly.
• ACCEPTILATION
  Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission. (more info) collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere + latio a
• ACCEPTABILITY
  The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.
• ACCEPTIVE
  1. Fit for acceptance. 2. Ready to accept. B. Jonson.
• TIMESERVER
  One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
• ACCEPTABLENESS
  The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
• ACCEPTANT
  Accepting; receiving.
• TIMESAVING
  Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.
• ACCEPTANCY
  Acceptance. Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs. Browning.
• ACCEPTER
  An acceptor. (more info) 1. A person who accepts; a taker. 2. A respecter; a viewer with partiality. God is no accepter of persons. Chillingworth.
• ACCEPTABLY
  In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
• ACCEPTANCE
  An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. Note: What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. Mozley & W. Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are
• BETIME; BETIMES
  1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow. 2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. He tires betimes
• SPATHOSE
  See SPATHIC
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• MISACCEPTATION
  Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.
• UNACCEPTABLE
  Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`ac*cept"a*bly, adv.
• XANTHOSE
  An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain crabs.
• FELDSPATHIC; FELDSPATHOSE
  Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.
• OFTENTIMES
  Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth.