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Tractarian

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Trac·tar·i·an·ism  (trk-târ--nzm)
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·tari·an adj. & n.
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Noun1.Tractarian - a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times')
Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
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He himself knew that, in reality, the confused beliefs which she held, apparently imbibed in childhood, were, if anything, Tractarian as to phraseology, and Pantheistic as to essence.
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