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Ghibelline definition

Ghib·el·line (gib′ə lēn′, -lin, -līn′)

noun

any member of a political party in medieval Italy that supported the authority of the German emperors in Italy in opposition to the papal party of the Guelphs

Etymology: It Ghibellino, for Ger Waiblingen, Hohenstaufen estate in Franconia

adjective

of this party

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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