Word Meanings - TRACTITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A Tractarian.

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