— Ghibellinism , n.
/gib"euh lin, -leen'/ , n.
1. a member of the aristocratic party in medieval Italy and Germany that supported the claims of the German emperors against the papacy: politically opposed to the Guelphs.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Ghibellines.
[ 1565-75; Ghibellino wibeling- (G Waiblingen ) a Hohenstaufen estate in Germany ]