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Tractarian

Tractarian \Trac*ta"ri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.

Tractarian

Tractarian \Trac*ta"ri*an\, n. (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.

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We all, from the Tractarian to the Anythingarian, are exactly of the same opinion.

Much less can that tradition be confused with the doctrine of the Laudian or of the Tractarian School.