BRUNO

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• BRUNO (noun)
  The noun BRUNO has 3 senses:

1. German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)

2. (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)

3. Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)

  Familiarity information: BRUNO used as a noun is uncommon.

• BRUNO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bruno; Bruno of Toul; Leo IX

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bruno; Saint Bruno; St. Bruno

Instance hypernyms:

churchman; cleric; divine; ecclesiastic (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bruno; Giordano Bruno

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)