Bonhoeffer

[ bawn-hœ-fuhr ]

noun

Dietrich, 1906–45, German religious leader: hanged for his involvement in a plot against Hitler.

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An ambitious and impressive major debut, the life of Deitrich Bonhoeffer, and harrowing collected WWII correspondence.
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Pope Francis is reading from the same Bible as Bonhoeffer, Spurgeon, and Graham.
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Bonhoeffer justly termed them “wild men”, for wild indeed they are when in one of their tantrums.
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Bonhoeffer in a study of 221 cases of insane criminals found 0.5 per cent of malingerers.
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Bonhoeffer, in a study of 221 cases, found only 0.5 per cent of malingering.
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British Dictionary definitions for Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer

/ (German ˈboːnhœfər) /

noun

Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis

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