| NOUN | person | Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola | Italian religious and political reformer |
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| Meaning | Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large / large / large / large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498). | |
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| Synonym | Girolamo Savonarola | |
| Instance of | Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher | A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order |
| reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist | A disputant who advocates reform | |
| Spanish | Girolamo Savonarola, Savonarola | |
| Catalan | Girolamo Savonarola, Savonarola | |
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