Tractarian Definition

Tractarianism
noun

1. The religious movement which advocated the revival of high doctrine and ceremonial in the Church of England, which led to Anglo-Catholicism and ritualism. Also called Oxford movement.

Derivative: Tractarian
noun, adj

Etymology: 19c: from the Tracts for the Times (1833‐41), a series of treatises which advocated a return to a more highly ritualized Church and opposed the liberal tendencies that the Reformation had started.