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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Examples from the Web for medici

Contemporary Examples of medici

Medici was given a 10-year sentence for dealing in stolen artifacts.
Stolen Aphrodite Returns
Barbie Latza Nadeau
December 11, 2010
Medici has since been convicted of smuggling and illegal trafficking of antiquities.
The Tomb Robbers
Barbie Latza Nadeau
May 30, 2009

Historical Examples of medici

They had the support of the populace and the Alberti and Medici families.
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight
Mathew Joseph Holt
We are counts, from a date before the Medici; so much for blood.
Gerald Fitzgerald
Charles James Lever
I am not a prima ballerina, nor a Venus of Medici, nor a dead man.
Maxim Gorki
Hans Ostwald
The shortsightedness in the family of the Medici was hereditary.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt
The latter first in 1527, after the expulsion of the Medici.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt

British Dictionary definitions for medici

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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medici 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.