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  • noun historical, sometimes derogatory One who holds the principles of Puseyism.

Etymologies

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Pusey +‎ -ite

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Examples

  • The clergymen of the city and neighbourhood, though very well inclined to promote High Church principles, privileges, and prerogatives, had never committed themselves to tendencies which are somewhat too loosely called Puseyite practices.

    Barchester Towers 2004

  • 'Yes; a young clergyman, just what we used to call Puseyite when I left England; but that name seems to be gone out now.'

    Beechcroft at Rockstone Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The clergymen of the city and neighbourhood, though very well inclined to promote High Church principles, privileges, and prerogatives, had never committed themselves to tendencies which are somewhat too loosely called Puseyite practices.

    Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848

  • That change was the first manifestation of the mental revolution, which has suddenly made him one of the leading persecutors of Dr. Hampden and the most active and influential member of that association, called the Puseyite party, from which we have those very strange productions, entitled, Tracts for the Times.

    Apologia pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845

  • That change was the first manifestation of the mental revolution, which has suddenly made him one of the leading persecutors of Dr. Hampden, and the most active and influential member of that association called the Puseyite party, from which we have those very strange productions, entitled, Tracts for the Times.

    Apologia Pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845

  • On his part, Arthur believes that women are inferior; to make matters worse, he appears to have some vaguely-defined but Very Nasty religious views, denominated "Puseyite," which lead him to do all sorts of heartless things--like refuse to preach at the funeral of an unbaptized infant.

    The Little Professor: 2009

  • On his part, Arthur believes that women are inferior; to make matters worse, he appears to have some vaguely-defined but Very Nasty religious views, denominated "Puseyite," which lead him to do all sorts of heartless things--like refuse to preach at the funeral of an unbaptized infant.

    The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë 2009

  • Vicar of St. Mary's to the conforming Jew, Neander; but "Puseyite" was a serious term even in rebuke.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • These represented the devotional verse which made its direct appeal to the evangelical mind, and served in those 'Puseyite' days to counteract the High Church poetry founded on 'The Christian Year'.

    Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Edmund Gosse 1888

  • The victory is not looked upon as 'Puseyite'; it is a victory of the masters over the Hebdomadal board, and as such a very important one.

    The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880

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