TRACTABILITY
Tract`a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tractabilitas: cf.F. tractabilite.]
Defn: The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
TRACTABLE Tract"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.]
1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner. I shall find them tractable enough. Shak.
2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures. [Obs.] Holder. —Tract"a*ble*ness, n. — Tract"a/bly, adv.
TRACTARIAN
Trac*ta"ri*an, n. (Ch. of England)
Defn: 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.
TRACTARIAN
Trac*ta"ri*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
TRACTARIANISM
Trac*ta"ri*an*ism, n. (Ch. of England)