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Newmanites

Newmanites is the plural of Newmanite.

Meaning of Newmanite

Noun

Newmanite (plural Newmanites)

  1. (historical) 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.
    • 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.1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 240

Questions about Newmanites

What is Newmanites the plural of?
Newmanites is the plural of Newmanite.

Words near Newmanites in the dictionary

  1. Newmanised
  2. Newmanises
  3. Newmanising
  4. Newmanism
  5. Newmanite
  6. Newmanites
  7. Newmanize
  8. Newmanized
  9. Newmanizes
  10. Newmanizing
  11. Newmark

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