Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun girolamo_savonarola

1 sense of girolamo savonarola

Sense 1
Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola -- (Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498))
       INSTANCE OF=> Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher -- (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order)
       INSTANCE OF=> reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist -- (a disputant who advocates reform)