Newmanite

English

Etymology

Newman +‎ -ite, after the prominent Tractarian John Henry Newman.

Noun

Newmanite (plural Newmanites)

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

     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.