New‧man, Cardinal John Henry /ˈnjuːmən $ ˈnuː-/
(1801–90) a British theologian (=someone who studies religion and religious beliefs) and writer. He was a priest in the Church of England and became leader of the Oxford Movement. Later he changed his religion and became a Roman Catholic, and he was made a cardinal (=a priest of high rank) in 1879.

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