Ghibelline

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ghibelline \Ghib"el*line\, n. [It. Ghibellino; of German
     origin.] (It. Hist.)
     One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries,
     which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or
     adherents of the poses. --Brande & C.
     [1913 Webster]