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Ghibelline

(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

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

adjective

of this party

See Ghibelline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A member of the aristocratic political faction who fought during the Middle Ages for German imperial control of Italy, in opposition to the Guelphs and the papacy.

Origin:

Origin: Italian Ghibellino

Origin: , from Middle High German *wībeling, name of a Hohenstaufen estate

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