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bellarmine

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bel⋅lar⋅mine

  [bel-ahr-meen, bel-ahr-meen, -er-]
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–noun
a fat, narrow-necked stoneware bottle of the 16th and 17th centuries, ornamented with a bearded mask.
Also called graybeard, longbeard.

Origin:
1710–20; named after Cardinal Bellarmino (1542–1621), Italian churchman, the object of the caricature on the bottle
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bellarmine

noun
1. Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) 
2. a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) 
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