New ‧ man, Cardinal John Henry /ˈnjuːmən $ ˈnuː-/ BrE AmE
(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.