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Tractarian

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.

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Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied…

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Confession noun · 78% connection

The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

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Corniferous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called…

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Doubloon adjective · 78% connection

A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.

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Durante preposition · 78% connection

During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

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Elizabethan adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, l…

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Eros noun · 78% connection

Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodi…

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Evermore adverb · 78% connection

During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.

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File verb · 78% connection

To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to i…

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Gyp noun · 78% connection

A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.

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Housling adjective · 78% connection

Sacramental; as, housling fire.

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Incidence noun · 78% connection

The rate or number of new cases arising over time.

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Installment noun · 78% connection

A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment…

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Interlocutory injunction noun · 78% connection

injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over

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Interpolate verb · 78% connection

To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a part…

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Mail noun · 78% connection

The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post off…

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Methodist noun · 78% connection

One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "Holy Club," formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of w…

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