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Guelph

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Guelph 1  (gwlf)
A city of southern Ontario, Canada, west of Toronto. It is an industrial center in a farming area. Population: 115,000.
Guelph 2 also Guelf  (gwlf)
n.
A member of a strong faction in medieval Italy that supported the power of the pope and the city-states in a struggle against the German emperors and the Ghibellines.
[Italian Guelfo, from Middle High German Welf, name of the founder of a German princely family.]
Guelph1, Guelf [gwɛlf]
n
1. (Historical Terms) a member of the political faction in medieval Italy that supported the power of the pope against the German emperors Compare Ghibelline
2. (Historical Terms) a member of a secret society in 19th-century Italy opposed to foreign rule
Guelphic , Guelfic adj
Guelphism , Guelfism n
Guelph2
n
(Placename) a city in Canada, in SE Ontario. Pop.: 95 821 (1996)


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The Venetians, moved, as I believe, by the above reasons, fostered the Guelph and Ghibelline factions in their tributary cities; and although they never allowed them to come to bloodshed, yet they nursed these disputes amongst them, so that the citizens, distracted by their differences, should not unite against them.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
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