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Medici
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A powerful Florentine family that dominated the politics, banking, and art patronage of Italy from the 1300s to the 1600s.
"The Medici funded many of the great works of the Italian Renaissance."
How to Use Medici
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe name of the famous Renaissance-era Florentine banking dynasty, closely tied to popes, artists, and the birth of Renaissance culture.
Word Forms
Medicis plural
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Etymology
From Italian Medici, the family surname.