Medici

[med-i-chee; Italian me-dee-chee]

noun

Cos·mo or Co·si·mo de'

[kawz-maw or kaw-zee-maw de] /ˈkɔz mɔ or ˈkɔ zi mɔ dɛ/, the Elder, 1389–1464, Italian banker, statesman, and patron of art and literature.

Cosmo or Cosimo de'the Great, 1519–74, duke of Florence and first grand duke of Tuscany.

Gio·van·ni de'

[jaw-vahn-nee de] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɛ/. Leo X.

Giu·lio de'

[joo-lyaw de] /ˈdʒu lyɔ dɛ/. Clement VII.

Lo·ren·zo de'

[law-ren-tsaw de] /lɔˈrɛn tsɔ dɛ/, Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1449–92, poet and patron of the arts and literature: ruler of Florence 1478–92 (father of Leo X).

Ma·ri·a de'

[muh-ree-uh duh; Italian mah-ree-ah de] /məˈri ə də; Italian mɑˈri ɑ dɛ/. Marie de Médicis.

Related formsMed·i·ce·an

[med-i-see-uh n, ‐chee-uh n] /ˌmɛd ɪˈsi ən, ‐ˈtʃi ən/, adjective

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Historical Examples of medicean

Would we have a cubit added to the stature of the Medicean Venus?
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb
Charles Lamb
These last he named, in honor of his patron, Cosmo d'Medici, Medicean stars.
Letters on Astronomy
Denison Olmsted
This has been done in the reproduction of the Medicean mappamundi on p. 236.
In Northern Mists (Volume 2 of 2)
Fridtjof Nansen
The reign of Leo was about to shed new lustre on the Medicean exiles.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7)
John Addington Symonds
The Medicean party obtained the ascendency in the government.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI
John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for medicean

Medicean

adjective

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

Medici

noun

an 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, including

Catherine de' (kaˈtriːn de). See Catherine de' Medici

Cosimo I (ˈkɔːzimo), known as Cosimo the Great. 1519–74, duke of Florence and first grand duke of Tuscany (1569–74)

Cosimo de', known as Cosimo the Elder. 1389–1464, Italian banker, statesman, and patron of arts, who established the political power of the family in Florence (1434)

Giovanni de', (dʒoˈvanni de). See Leo X

Giulio de' (ˈdʒuːljo de). See Clement VII

Lorenzo de' (loˈrɛntso de), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent. 1449–92, Italian statesman, poet, and scholar; ruler of Florence (1469–92) and first patron of Michelangelo

Maria de' (maˈriːa de). See Maria de' Medici

French name: Médicis (medisis)

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medicean in Culture

Medici

[(med-uh-chee)]

A family of skilled politicians and patrons of the arts who lived in Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance. (See Lorenzo de Medici.)

Note

The family produced two queens of France: Catherine, in the sixteenth century, and Marie, in the seventeenth.