bellarmine | (n) Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621), Syn. Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine, Bellarmino |
bellarmine | (n) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century), Syn. long-beard, greybeard, longbeard |
Bellarmine | n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also |