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Bruno

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Bru·no  (brn), Giordano 1548?-1600.
Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles in formulating his cosmic theory of an infinite universe. Condemned by the Inquisition for heresy, immoral conduct, and blasphemy, he was burned at the stake.
Bruno [ˈbruːnəʊ]
n
1. (Biographies / Bruno, Franklin Roy (1961 M, British, SPORT AND GAMES: boxer) Franklin Roy, known as Frank. born 1961, British heavyweight boxer
2. (Biographies / (Italian)) Giordano. (dʒorˈdano). 1548-1600, Italian philosopher, who developed a pantheistic monistic philosophy: he was burnt at the stake for heresy
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Noun1.Bruno - German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)
Bruno of Toul, Leo IX
2.BrunoBruno - (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)
Saint Bruno, St. Bruno
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
3.Bruno - 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)
Giordano Bruno


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) Thither Bruno trotted, and I thought it well to follow him.
Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context
In company with her male colleague, the great American actor, Isidore Bruno, she was producing a particularly poetical and fantastic interpretation of Midsummer Night's Dream: in which the artistic prominence was given to Oberon and Titania, or in other words to Bruno and herself.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Baron Rivar, after inquiry at the consul's, secured the services of Doctor Bruno, well known as an eminent physician in Venice; with the additional recommendation of having resided in England, and having made himself acquainted with English forms of medical practice.
The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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