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Bellarmine

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(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 graybeard, longbeard.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bellarmine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bellarmine.html. 1828.
 
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