Look up: Medici

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   Medici
   A powerful family in renaissance Italy, and collectors of art.
   Found on http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/museum/glo
   
   
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   Medici
   [n] - aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
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   Medici
   Porcelain factory founded by the Grand Duke Francesco I de'Medici; the first producer of soft-paste porcelain (c.1575-87).
   Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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   Medici
   noun aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
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   Medici
   The `Medici` family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. The family produced three popes (Leo X, Clement VII, and Leo XI), numerous rulers of Florence (notably Lorenzo the Magnificent, patron of some of the most famous works of renaissance art), and later members of the French and English royalty. Like other Signore families they dominated their city's government. They were able to bring Florence under t...
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   Medici
   Medici (me'dichē, Ital. mā'dēchē) , Italian family that directed the destinies of Florence from the 15th cent. until 1737. Of obscure origin, they rose to immense wealth as merchants and bankers, became affiliated through marriage with the major houses of Europe, and,...
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