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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.

Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.

The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."

A treatise; a tract; an essay.

Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.

One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.

Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.

The quality of being tractile; ductility.

The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.

Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.

Attraction; a drawing toward.

The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.

A Tractarian.

Treating of; handling.

Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.

That which draws, or is used for drawing.

Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.

See Perkinism.

A tractrix.

A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.