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Catherine de Médicis
Variant of Medici
noun
name of a family of rich, powerful bankers, merchants, & rulers of Florence & Tuscany in the 14th, 15th, & 16th cent., also noted as patrons of art & literature
Related Forms:
- Medicean adjective
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