These nobles of the purse obtained the name of Popolani Nobili; and it was they who now began to play at high stakes for the supreme power.
The distinctions between the Grandi and the Popolani had practically passed away.
The Noveschi occupied the gospel side of the altar and choir, the Popolani the epistle side, and the Cardinal in full pontifical vestments came out of the sacristy and took his seat between the two parties in front of the high altar.
On the last day of 1494, there was a solemn reconciliation between the Popolani and the Noveschi.
Thus permanently ended the supremacy of the Monte de' Nove in the Republic of Siena, the State remaining in the hands of the Popolani and Riformatori.
Next month the Riformatori and Popolani rose, headed by Giovanni Severini and Giacomo Buoninsegni, drove Pietro Borghesi out of Siena, fought Niccolo Borghesi and Pandolfo Petrucci with their followers in the Campo.
And this successful policy was the work of the greater guilds, or rather of the prosperous trading class (popolani grassi).
Charles and his council reconstituted the city and elected a government of Priors of the popolani of the Black party.
And they called three magnates and three popolani Priors of the Party, to whom were committed the order and care of the money of the Party; and also one to hold the seal, and a syndic to prosecute the Ghibellines.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "popolani" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
