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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Medici family.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is one of the wealthiest peers in the kingdom, is a man of great taste, and has patronized the arts with almost a Medician munificence.
Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment Thomson Willing
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Suppose the sleeping figures of the Medician tombs should wake, or those famous slaves should break their bands, or David again hurl the stone.
The Art of the Moving Picture Vachel Lindsay 1905
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November 21 Clement addressed a brief to his sculptor, whereby Buonarroti was ordered, under pain of excommunication, to lay aside all work, except what was strictly necessary for the Medician monuments, and to take better care of his health.
Michael Angelo Buonarroti Charles Holroyd 1889
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The head and arm are repainted, but the thigh and hip are modelled in a magnificent style that reminds us of the figure of Night in the Medician tombs that he was at this very time carving.
Michael Angelo Buonarroti Charles Holroyd 1889
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Library he designed to hold the priceless Medician manuscripts, collected by Cosimo Pater Patriæ and Lorenzo the Magnificent, now known as the
Michael Angelo Buonarroti Charles Holroyd 1889
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The giant was to top the roof of the Medician Palace, with its face turned in that direction and its back to the house of Luigi della
Michael Angelo Buonarroti Charles Holroyd 1889
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This came through Jacopo Peri, maestro at the Medician court, and after
For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Aubertine Woodward Moore 1885
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An ill-advised member of the Medician house, while entertaining a party of guests during a snowstorm, sent out the indignant artist to make a snow man within sight of the palace windows.
The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Sarah Tytler 1870
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Pope Julius died, and was succeeded by Leo X. of the Medician house, but, in spite of early associations as well as of mother country,
The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Sarah Tytler 1870
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Such a turnout had never been seen in Tuscany since the Medician days.
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