Medici
[ med-i-chee; Italian me-dee-chee ]
/ ˈmɛd ɪ tʃi; Italian ˈmɛ di tʃi /
noun
OTHER WORDS FROM Medici
Med·i·ce·an [med-i-see-uh n, ‐chee-uh n] /ˌmɛd ɪˈsi ən, ‐ˈtʃi ən/, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for medicean
British Dictionary definitions for medicean (1 of 2)
Medicean
/ (ˌmɛdɪˈsiːən, -ˈtʃiː-) /
adjective
of or relating to the Medici, the Italian family of bankers, merchants, and rulers of Florence and Tuscany, prominent in Italian political and cultural history in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
British Dictionary definitions for medicean (2 of 2)
Medici
/ (ˈmɛdɪtʃɪ, məˈdiːtʃɪ, Italian ˈmɛːditʃi) /
noun
French name:
Médicis (
medisis)
Cultural definitions for medicean
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.)
notes for Medici
The family produced two queens of
France: Catherine, in the sixteenth century, and Marie, in the seventeenth.