† ˈTractism Obs.
[f. tract n.1 + -ism.]
= Tractarianism. So † ˈTractite = Tractarian n. (also attrib. = Tractarian a.).
| 1834 Whately Let. in Life (1866) I. 241 Bishop..spoke for four hours, and the Tractites wrote about the removing of candlesticks. 1837 Ibid. 390 He perceived with me that the Hampden persecution was the first outbreak of Tractism. 1844 Ibid. II. 75 The Tractite path. 1844 in Daily News 4 Feb. (1869), I know that many of the opponents of the Tractites and not a few of the supporters expect that a church government would establish and extend Tractism. |