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Noun: Medici  mu'dee,chee or 'me-di,chee
  1. A powerful Italian family of bankers and merchants who ruled Florence during the Renaissance period, known for their patronage of the arts
    "The Medici family commissioned works from artists like Michelangelo and Botticelli"

Derived forms: Medicis

Type of: house

Encyclopedia: Medici, Maria de'