savonarola

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  • February 9. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    savonarola noun english

    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)