Ghibelline

[ gib-uh-lin, -leen ]

/ ˈgɪb ə lɪn, -ˌlin /

noun

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.

adjective

of or relating to the Ghibellines.

Origin of Ghibelline

1565–75; < Italian Ghibellino < Middle High German *wībeling- (German Waiblingen) a Hohenstaufen estate in Germany

OTHER WORDS FROM Ghibelline

Ghib·el·lin·ism, noun

Example sentences from the Web for ghibelline

Florence, therefore, was Guelf at that time, and Siena of course was Ghibelline.

Notes and Queries, Number 176, March 12, 1853 |Various
Thereupon all the Ghibelline chiefs met in council at Empoli to arrange what was to be done.

The Two First Centuries of Florentine History |Pasquale Villari
In the struggles of that time it was generally on the Ghibelline side.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 |Various
The Pepoli Palace has some old brickwork and a Ghibelline battlement of unusually picturesque outline.

Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages |George Edmund Street

Sienna, Arezzo, and Pistoia inclined more or less openly to the Ghibelline side.

The Two First Centuries of Florentine History |Pasquale Villari

British Dictionary definitions for ghibelline

Ghibelline

/ (ˈɡɪbɪˌlaɪn, -ˌliːn) /

noun

a member of the political faction in medieval Italy originally based on support for the German emperor

(modifier) of or relating to the Ghibellines Compare Guelph 1

Derived forms of Ghibelline

Ghibellinism, noun

Word Origin for Ghibelline

C16: from Italian Ghibellino, probably from Middle High German Waiblingen, a Hohenstaufen estate

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Ghibelline

noun

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Origin of Ghibelline

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noun

Derived forms of Ghibelline

Word Origin for Ghibelline