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Cellini

American  
[chuh-lee-nee, chel-lee-nee] / tʃəˈli ni, tʃɛlˈli ni /

noun

  1. Benvenuto 1500–71, Italian, metalsmith, sculptor, and autobiographer.


Cellini British  
/ tʃɛlˈliːni, tʃɪˈliːnɪ /

noun

  1. Benvenuto (benveˈnuːto). 1500–71, Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver, noted also for his autobiography

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The "Salt Cellar", a golden sculpture made by Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini in 1543 for King of France Francis I, disappeared from Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts at dawn on May 12, 2003.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

When Georgetown President John DeGioia invited alumni to weigh in, Cellini wrote an email asking one simple question that had nothing to do with the university.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

“Fred was the most naturally talented person I’ve ever worked with on television,” Vince Cellini, who in 1998 became Mr. Hickman’s partner on “Sports Tonight,” said in a phone interview.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

“Students still do spend time and money,” said Stephanie Cellini, professor of public policy and economics at George Washington University and co-author of the research analysis that found most undergraduate certificate programs don’t pay off.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2022

In the course of ten minutes he had made a more or less witty epigram on Benvenuto Cellini, Queen Victoria, sport, God, Stephen Phillips, and Moorish architecture.

From Mortal Coils by Huxley, Aldous

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