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Savonarola in a sentence

Synonyms of Savonarola

girolamo savonarola social reformer crusader reformist reformer friar preacher blackfriar black friar dominican meliorist

Related words

Other words often associated with Savonarola or its synonyms:

disputant eristic controversialist mendicant friar state liberal setup country apparatus land warrior

Using Savonarola

  • Useful related words include: girolamo savonarola, social reformer, crusader, reformist.
  • In the example corpus, savonarola often appears in combinations such as: girolamo savonarola, of savonarola, savonarola and.

Context around Savonarola

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

girolamo 2× michelangelo 1× hyeronimus 1× test 1× throne 1× restored 1× convent 1× studies 1× bringing 1×

Often after:

damned 1× raphael 1× played 1× rose 1× explains 1× tried 1× presents 1× took 1× now 1× refused 1×

Sentence patterns with Savonarola

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and again savonarola explains what 1× and when savonarola refused pleading 1× at savonarola s urging 1× celestial throne savonarola presents the 1× di girolamo savonarola 1× friar girolamo savonarola rose to 1× friar hyeronimus savonarola played by 1× his studies savonarola was assigned 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a character called 1× a trial by 1× after lorenzo s 1× alexander is reported 1× an exchange of 1× at savonarola s 1×

Common sentence endings:

marco in florence 2× against excessive luxury 1× as factional weapons 1× di girolamo savonarola 1× from further preaching 1× image of him 1×

Words around Savonarola

Just before it in the word index:

savona 12 savon 4 savoir 7 savoie 23 savoia 9 savoca 2

Just after it in the word index:

savonia 2 savonlinna 2 savoonga 2 savor 94 savora 2 savored 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

abominable 47 abstracts 47 aceh 47 aci 47 acolytes 47 activewear 47

Corpus analysis for Savonarola

  • In this selection, "savonarola" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, girolamo, michelangelo, hyeronimus, damned, raphael and played stand out and add context to how "savonarola" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and again savonarola explains what and and when savonarola refused pleading. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "savonarola" sits close to words such as abominable, abstracts and aceh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with savonarola

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Lorenzo played a role in bringing Savonarola to Florence. (9 words)

His portrait of Savonarola remains the most famous image of him. (11 words)

Alexander is reported to have been reduced to laughter when Savonarola's denunciations were related to him. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

In 1924 he crowned his vast research with a comprehensive study of Savonarola’s life and times in which he presented the friar as the last best hope of the Catholic Church before the catastrophe of the Protestant Reformation. (39 words)

An exchange of letters between the pope and the friar ended in an impasse which Savonarola tried to break by sending His Holiness "a little book" recounting his prophetic career and describing some of his more dramatic visions. (38 words)

He summoned the friar to appear before him in Rome, and when Savonarola refused, pleading ill health and confessing that he was afraid of being attacked on the journey, Alexander banned him from further preaching. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

The rumour that Savonarola damned Lorenzo on his deathbed has been refuted in Roberto Ridolfi 's book, Vita di Girolamo Savonarola.

The cast of Renaissance characters is also large and somewhat ungainly, populated with outsize historical players that include Michelangelo, Savonarola, Raphael, Niccolò Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, various popes, assorted Medicis and many more.

A character called "Friar Hyeronimus Savonarola," played by Philippe Desboeuf, holds a sermon in which he publicly condemns the corruption of the church and the sexual depravity of the papacy.

After Lorenzo's death the puritanical Dominican friar, Girolamo Savonarola rose to prominence, warning Florentines against excessive luxury.

Again and again Savonarola explains what he finds fault with in contemporary Art, and what he desires to put in place of it.

Alexander is reported to have been reduced to laughter when Savonarola's denunciations were related to him.

An exchange of letters between the pope and the friar ended in an impasse which Savonarola tried to break by sending His Holiness "a little book" recounting his prophetic career and describing some of his more dramatic visions.

A trial by fire proposed by a rival Florentine preacher in April 1498 to test Savonarola's divine mandate turned into a fiasco, and popular opinion turned against him.

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At Savonarola’s urging the Frateschi government, after months of debate, passed a "Law of Appeal" to limit the longtime practice of using exile and capital punishment as factional weapons.

At the celestial throne Savonarola presents the Holy Mother a crown made by the Florentine people and presses her to reveal their future.

By emphasizing his political activism over his puritanism and cultural conservatism they restored Savonarola’s voice for radical political change.

Friar In the convent, Savonarola took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and after a year was ordained to the priesthood.

From 1498 is his famous portrait of Savonarola, now in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco in Florence.

From around 1500 Fra Bartolommeo renounced painting for a few years in the wake of Savonarola 's morality campaign.

He summoned the friar to appear before him in Rome, and when Savonarola refused, pleading ill health and confessing that he was afraid of being attacked on the journey, Alexander banned him from further preaching.

His portrait of Savonarola remains the most famous image of him.

In 1482, instead of returning to Bologna to resume his studies, Savonarola was assigned as lector, or teacher, in the Convent of San Marco in Florence.

In 1924 he crowned his vast research with a comprehensive study of Savonarola’s life and times in which he presented the friar as the last best hope of the Catholic Church before the catastrophe of the Protestant Reformation.

In France many of his works were translated and published and Savonarola came to be regarded as a precursor of evangelical, or Huguenot reform.

Lorenzo played a role in bringing Savonarola to Florence.

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Common combinations with savonarola

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "savonarola" in a sentence?
An example: "The rumour that Savonarola damned Lorenzo on his deathbed has been refuted in Roberto Ridolfi 's book, Vita di Girolamo Savonarola." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "savonarola" from authentic English texts.
What are synonyms of "savonarola"?
Common synonyms of "savonarola" include: girolamo savonarola, social reformer, crusader, reformist, reformer, friar preacher, blackfriar, black friar. Plus 2 more synonyms.
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