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TRACTARIAN

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Overview

TRACTARIAN (noun)
  The noun TRACTARIAN has 1 sense:

1. a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called 'Tracts for the Times')play

  Familiarity information: TRACTARIAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


TRACTARIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called 'Tracts for the Times')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tractarian" is a kind of...):

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)


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