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Carlingian en · ADJ

Etymology

Carling + -ian

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of Carolingian
    • They construct a so-called French monarchy of that and the Carlingian period, with its court, its intrigues, its offices, its relations with nobles and people, its refined vices, as if they were describing the social and political aspect of the sixteenth century. 1861, Methodist Quarterly Review, volume 43, New York, page 130:
    • [...] the Carlingian monarchs in the middle of the tenth century. 1898, Dublin Examination Papers, page 160:
    • [...] the Carlingian and Salian emperors, [...] 1935, The Catholic Historical Review, page 164: