Bellarmine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bellarmine \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}.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]