bonaventure: Meaning and Definition of

bon•a•ven•ture

Pronunciation: (bon'u-ven"chur, bon"u-ven'-), [key]
  1. a mast fitted with a lateen sailor lugsail, situated behind the mizzenmast at or near the stern, used in the 16th and early 17th centuries.

Bon•a•ven•ture

Pronunciation: (bon'u-ven"cher, bon"u-ven'-), [key]
  1. (“the Seraphic Doctor”), 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
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