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Ghibelline
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Ghib·el·line  (gb-ln, -ln, -ln)
n.
A member of the aristocratic political faction who fought during the Middle Ages for German imperial control of Italy, in opposition to the Guelphs and the papacy.
[Italian Ghibellino, from Middle High German *wbeling, name of a Hohenstaufen estate.]
Ghibelline [ˈgɪbɪˌlaɪn -ˌliːn]
n
1. (Historical Terms) a member of the political faction in medieval Italy originally based on support for the German emperor
2. (Historical Terms) (modifier) of or relating to the Ghibellines Compare Guelph1
[from Italian Ghibellino, probably from Middle High German Waiblingen, a Hohenstaufen estate]
Ghibellinism  n
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At that time, Orvieto became a free municipality and saw battles with those wishing to conquer the area such as Guelphs and Ghibellines.
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I don't want to revisit the time when a perpetual war, as between Guelphs and Ghibellines, raged between supporters of Gielgud and Olivier.
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