Associations to the word «Ghibelline»

Wiktionary

GHIBELLINE, noun. A member of a medieval aristocratic Italian faction that supported the German emperors in a long struggle against the Popes and the Guelphs

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats