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BRUNO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)
Synonyms:
Bruno; Giordano Bruno
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)
Synonyms:
Bruno; Saint Bruno; St. Bruno
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
churchman; cleric; divine; ecclesiastic (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Sense 3
Meaning:
German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
Synonyms:
Bruno; Bruno of Toul; Leo IX
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)
