[ trak'tɛ:rɪənɪz(ə)m ]
■ noun a Christian movement founded in Oxford in 1833, seeking to restore traditional Catholic teachings and ceremonial within the Church of England.
Derivatives
Tractarian adjective &noun
Origin
C19: from Tracts for the Times , the title of a series of pamphlets published in 1833–41, setting out the doctrines on which the movement was based.