adj of or pertaining to the tractarians, or their principles.
2. tractarian ·noun one of the writers of the oxford tracts, called "tracts for the times," issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. also, a member of the high church party, holding generally the principles of the tractarian writers; a puseyite.