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Webster 1913 Edition


Ghibelline

Ghib′el-line

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Noun.
[It.
Ghibellino
; of German origin.]
(It. Hist.)
One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses.
Brande & C.