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SAINT BRUNO
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• SAINT BRUNO (noun)
The noun SAINT BRUNO has 1 sense:
1. (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)
Familiarity information: SAINT BRUNO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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:
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)
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