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 Bel·lar·mine 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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 Bellarmine
      n 1: Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) [syn: Bellarmino,
            Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo
           Bellarmine]
      2: a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a
         caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) [syn: longbeard,
          long-beard, graybeard]