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BONHOEFFER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)
Synonyms:
Bonhoeffer; Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Instance hypernyms:
theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)