Savonarola

[ sav-uh-nuh-roh-luh; Italian sah-vaw-nah-raw-lah ]

/ ˌsæv ə nəˈroʊ lə; Italian ˌsɑ vɔ nɑˈrɔ lɑ /

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noun

Gi·ro·la·mo

[ji-rol-uh-moh; Italian jee-raw-lah-maw], /dʒɪˈrɒl əˌmoʊ; Italian dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/, 1452–98, Italian monk, reformer, and martyr.

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How to use Savonarola in a sentence

Negative reality: Santorum may sound like Savonarola, but he comes across as Little Nell.
Santorum’s ‘Positive’ Qualities Will Soon Look Like Dead Weight|Lee Siegel|February 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Savonarola kindled a greater fire in Florence than all the artists whom the Medici ever patronized.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Savonarola was burnt alive at Florence; now his memory is cherished, and his worth fully known.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
Now, if Lorenzo had kept the people quiet with songs, Savonarola was equally successful with hymns.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton

He was an outspoken man, and reproved the greatest dignitaries with as much boldness as did Savonarola.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V|John Lord
Carlyle in ten sentences would have made a more graphic picture of Savonarola.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for Savonarola

Savonarola

/ (Italian savonaˈrɔːla) /

noun

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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