Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Carolingian.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne.

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  • adjective Relating to, founded by, or descended from, Charlemagne.

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  • noun a member of the Carolingian dynasty

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Examples

  • This prohibition appears several times in the laws enacted under the Carlovingian emperors; nevertheless the guilds continued to exist, at least in the northern part of the empire.

    The Guilds 2007

  • Carlovingian race, when the kingdom of Arles arose, and the provinces were occupied by vassals little dependent on the crown, the name of French was more restricted.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • The connexion or identity of the guilds with the Carlovingian geldoniœ or confratriœ cannot be ascertained, for lack of definite information about these latter institutions, which were discouraged by the legislation of Charlemagne.

    The Guilds 2007

  • Nor did the Carlovingian family lose the empire only; their discords also occasioned them the loss of Italy; for the Lombards, gathering strength, offended the pope and the Romans, and Arnolfo, not knowing where to seek relief, was compelled to create Berengarius, duke of Fruili, king of Italy.

    The History of Florence 2003

  • The Eloi, like the Carlovingian kings, had decayed to a mere beautiful futility.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

  • He was grandfather to Pepin of Herstal, the most powerful mayor, whose son was Charles Martel, and grandson Pepin the Short, king of France, in whom began the Carlovingian race.

    The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

  • Merovingian race of French kings, were called the Fields of March; under the Carlovingian, the Fields of May; then, the Plenary Courts of Christmas and Easter; and lastly, the States General.

    The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

  • At the beginning of the seventh century, we have an account of an exorcism by St. Gall (556-640), and during the Carlovingian age the healing at Monte Cassino was based on the Satanic origin of disease.

    Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten

  • Carlovingian, including the stories of Charlemagne, of Roland and the twelve peers, of Fierabras, and so on; second, the Arthurian, dealing with the legends of the Round Table; and third, the Alexandrian, containing tales of antiquity, chiefly of Alexander the Great.

    Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson

  • He could less endure that they should be considered as instruments of absolute power to enslave the people: when this was intimated, he observed that, during the period which immediately followed the extinction of the Carlovingian dynasty, when the feudal law absolutely triumphed over monarchy, the people were wholly left to themselves, and must have sunk into an absolute state of barbarism, if it had not been for the religious establishments.

    The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

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