Associations to the word «Tractarian»

Wiktionary

TRACTARIAN, noun. A member of the Oxford movement.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats