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Medicean

British  
/ -ˈtʃiː-, ˌmɛdɪˈsiːən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Medici, the Italian family of bankers, merchants, and rulers of Florence and Tuscany, prominent in Italian political and cultural history in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the closing, impossible sprint handicap, Canas is 11-1 from 14s, Desert Strike 16-1 from 20s and Time Medicean 25-1 from 33-1.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2012

The Wiltshire-based trainer Jeremy Gask, born in Australia, has booked him to ride Medicean Man, a 50-1 shot.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012

Never had art and secular politics been brought closer together than in late Medicean Florence.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Medicean" is the clich� for large acts of art patronage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Evelyn recorded a suggestion that the Society might take as its coat of arms a representation of a pair of crossed telescopes surmounted by the Medicean planets.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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