Medici
[ med-i-chee; Italian me-dee-chee ]
/ ˈmɛd ɪ tʃi; Italian ˈmɛ di tʃi /
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noun
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OTHER WORDS FROM Medici
Med·i·ce·an [med-i-see-uhn, ‐chee-uhn], /ˌmɛd ɪˈsi ən, ‐ˈtʃi ən/, adjectiveWords nearby Medici
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British Dictionary definitions for Medici
Medici
/ (ˈmɛdɪtʃɪ, məˈdiːtʃɪ, Italian ˈmɛːditʃi) /
noun
French name: Médicis (medisis)
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Cultural definitions for Medici
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.)
notes for Medici
The family produced two queens of France: Catherine, in the sixteenth century, and Marie, in the seventeenth.
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