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Savonarola

American  
[sav-uh-nuh-roh-luh, sah-vaw-nah-raw-lah] / ˌsæv ə nəˈroʊ lə, ˌsɑ vɔ nɑˈrɔ lɑ /

noun

  1. Girolamo 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.

Savonarola British  
/ savonaˈrɔːla /

noun

  1. Girolamo (dʒiˈrɔːlamo). 1452–98, Italian religious and political reformer. As a Dominican prior in Florence he preached against contemporary sinfulness and moral corruption. When the Medici were expelled from the city (1494) he instituted a severely puritanical republic but lost the citizens' support after being excommunicated (1497). He was hanged and burned as a heretic

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