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Definition of Cardinal Newman

1. Noun. 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).

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Literary usage of Cardinal Newman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"But I fail to comprehend, regarding the matter in the light of consistency and common-sense, why it was proposed that a statue of Cardinal Newman should ..."

2. Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman During His Life in the by John Henry Newman (1903)
"With Photogravure Portrait of Cardinal Newman, and 5 other Illustrations. ... ADDRESSES TO Cardinal Newman, WITH HIS REPLIES, 1879-81. Edited by the Rev. ..."

3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"JOHN HENRY, Cardinal Newman KNOWLEDGE VIEWED IN RELATION TO LEARNING [Address by Cardinal Newman, theologian, poet, Cardinal of the Catholic Church from ..."

4. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"JOHN HENRY, Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) • That ferment of aspiration and unrest which produced in the nineteenth century so many forms of religious inquiry, ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... Cardinal Newman [JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, the eldest son of a banker, John Newman, was born in London in 1801. Educated privately, and at Trinity College, ..."

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