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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)play

  Familiarity information: SAINT BRUNO used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SAINT BRUNO (noun)


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:

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)


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