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  • noun A card-game chiefly played in Tuscany, a modification of tarot; also, as plural (the original use), the cards used in the game.

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  • Minchiate is a late-medieval card game, probably originating in 15th century Florence, Italy; it is no longer widely played. Minchiate can also refer to the special deck of playing cards used in the game. The deck is closely related to the tarot cards, but contains an expanded suit of trumps. The game was similar to tarocchi and the game of tarot. In the view of some people, the larger number of trump cards may shed light on what the original intentions of the creators of the Tarot deck meant by the images they included.

    _Wikipedia

    January 30, 2008