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Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.
  2. n. a low shoe laced over the instep
  3. Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England. Oxford movement. See Tractarianism. -- Oxford School, a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford "Tracts for the Times," issued the period 1833 -- 1841. Shipley. -- Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.
  4. Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.Oxford movement. See Tractarianism.-- Oxford School, a name given to those members of the Church ofEngland who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford "Tracts forthe Times," issued the period 1833 -- 1841. Shipley.-- Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usuallycovering the foot nearly to the ankle.
  5. n:100 n. a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University n. a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner n. a low shoe laced over the instep