Associations to the word «Savonarola»
Dictionary definition
SAVONAROLA, noun. 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).
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.