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    SAVONAROLA

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     I. (noun) 

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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 following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498)play

    Synonyms:

    Girolamo Savonarola; Savonarola

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    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)

    Black Friar; Blackfriar; Dominican; friar preacher (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order)

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