Definitions for Guelph

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Guelph Guelph

Spelling: [gwelf]

IPA: /gwɛlf/

Guelph is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in Guelph (eghlpu).

Definitions for Guelph

noun

1. a member of the political party in medieval Italy and Germany that supported the sovereignty of the papacy against the German emperors: opposed to the Ghibellines.
2. a member of a secret society in Italy in the early 19th century that opposed foreign rulers and reactionary ideas.
3. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

Origin of Guelph

1570-80; Italian Guelfo Middle High German Welf name of founder of a princely German family

Examples for Guelph

At Ravensburg used to be stored the Archives of the Guelph family.

All these officials were sworn adherents of the Guelph party.

He schemed all this with the aid of a Guelph that dwelt in Arezzo as a red-hot Ghibelline.

This infuriated the others, and the town was split into Guelph and Ghibelline.

This was the first Guelph Prince born in Germany for nearly a century.

For the monastery of Rheinau is known to have been founded by a Guelph.

He could never become a Guelph, he told his venerable friend.

The town was fairly torn up with these nursery Guelph and Ghibelline wars.

The two lions who support the pillars of the doorway are symbols of the Guelph cause.

The struggle between Guelph and Ghibelline was their opportunity.