cardinal newman

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   English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)

   SynonymsNewmanJohn Henry Newman

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Questions about cardinal newman

What does cardinal newman mean?

cardinal newman means "English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)".

What is another word for cardinal newman?

Close synonyms include Newman, John Henry Newman. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cardinal newman a common word?

cardinal newman is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.