Sentence:  In spite of the increase in numbers and prestige brought about by the conversions of Newman and other <WSD>Tractarians</WSD> of the 1840 's and 1850 's , the Catholic segment of England one hundred years ago was a very small one ( four per cent , or 800000 ) which did not enjoy a gracious hearing from the general public . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times')