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New•man•ism
(no̅o̅′mə niz′əm, nyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n. [Theol.,]Eccles.
- Religionthe views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
- Newman + -ism 1830–40
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