DIETRICH BONHOEFFER

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• DIETRICH BONHOEFFER (noun)
  The noun DIETRICH BONHOEFFER has 1 sense:

1. German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)

  Familiarity information: DIETRICH BONHOEFFER used as a noun is very rare.

• DIETRICH BONHOEFFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bonhoeffer; Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Instance hypernyms:

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)