Obs. [f. TRACT sb.1 + -ISM.] = TRACTARIANISM. So † Tractite = TRACTARIAN sb. (also attrib. = TRACTARIAN a.).
1834. Whately, Lett., in Life (1866), I. 241. Bishop … spoke for four hours, and the Tractites wrote about the removing of candlesticks. Ibid. (1837), 390. He perceived with me that the Hampden persecution was the first outbreak of Tractism. Ibid. (1844), II. 75. The Tractite path.
1844. in Daily News, 4 Feb. (1869). I know that many of the opponents of the Tractites and not a few of the supporters expect that a church government would establish and extend Tractism.
