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Med·i·ci    Audio Help   [med-i-chee; It. me-dee-chee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Catherine de'. Catherine de Médicis.
2.Cos·mo or Co·si·mo de'    Audio Help   [kawz-maw or -kaw-zee-maw de] Pronunciation Key, (“the Elder”), 1389–1464, Italian banker, statesman, and patron of art and literature.
3.Cosmo or Cosimo de' (“the Great”), 1519–74, duke of Florence and first grand duke of Tuscany.
4.Gio·van·ni de'    Audio Help   [jaw-vahn-nee de] Pronunciation Key. Leo X.
5.Giu·lio de'    Audio Help   [joo-lyaw de] Pronunciation Key. Clement VII.
6.Lo·ren·zo de'    Audio Help   [law-ren-tsaw de] Pronunciation Key, (“Lorenzo the Magnificent”), 1449–92, poet and patron of the arts and literature: ruler of Florence 1478–92 (father of Leo X).
7.Ma·ri·a de'    Audio Help   [muh-ree-uh duh; It. mah-ree-ah de] Pronunciation Key. Marie de Médicis.
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Med·i·ce·an    Audio Help   [med-i-see-uhn, ‑chee-uhn] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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Med·i·ci    Audio Help   (měd'ə-chē', mě'dē-)  Pronunciation Key 
Italian noble family that produced three popes (Leo X, Clement VII, and Leo XI) and two queens of France (Catherine de Médicis and Marie de Médicis). Cosimo "the Elder" (1389-1464) was the first of the family to rule Florence. Lorenzo "the Magnificent" (1449-1492) was an outstanding patron of learning and the arts, whose clients included Michelangelo and Botticelli.

Med'i·ce'an (-chē'ən, -sē'-) adj.
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medici

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aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century 

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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.

[Chapter:] World History to 1550


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