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Cen⋅ci

  [chen-chee]
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–noun
Be⋅a⋅tri⋅ce  [be-ah-tree-che] , 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.

Cen⋅ci, The

  [chen-chee]
–noun
a verse tragedy (1819) by Shelley.
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Cen·ci   (chěn'chē)   
Italian noblewoman who was beheaded for patricide. She was the subject of a number of poems and other works of art, including Shelley's The Cenci (1819).
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