Dictionary
Ghib•el•line
Pronunciation: (gib'u-lin, -lēn"), [key]—
n.
a member of the aristocratic party in medieval Italy and Germany that supported the claims of the German emperors against the papacy: politically opposed to the Guelphs.
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adj.
of or pertaining to the Ghibellines.
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