Newmanite
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A follower of the doctrines of John Henry Newman; hence, up to his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1845, a member of the Oxford movement. historical
"Russell told Archbishop Howley that the opposition consisted of clergy who shared Newman’s opinions, but had not the honesty to follow Newman to the Church of Rome. […] Howley tried vainly to correct the simple view that the remonstrants were Newmanites."
Example
More examples"Russell told Archbishop Howley that the opposition consisted of clergy who shared Newman’s opinions, but had not the honesty to follow Newman to the Church of Rome. […] Howley tried vainly to correct the simple view that the remonstrants were Newmanites."
Etymology
From Newman + -ite, after the prominent Tractarian John Henry Newman.