Capetian

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/kəˈpiːʃən/

adjective

Pertaining to a French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, the House of Capet.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveCapetian (not comparable)
  1. historicalnot comparablePertaining to a French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, the House of Capet.
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    When Robert, the second prince of the Capetian race, was most unjustly excommunicated by the court of Rome, his own servants, it is said, threw the victuals which came from his table to the dogs, and refused to taste any thing themselves which had been polluted by the contact of a person in his situation.

    1776 March 9, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. […], volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, book V (Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth), page 396
nounCapetian (plural Capetians)

plural Capetians

  1. historicalA member of this dynasty.

    From Burgundy’s reigning line came Pope Calixtus II (1119-24), whose brother went crusading in Spain, where he founded the house from which descended Queen Isabella; Burgundian Capetians also reigned in Portugal.

    1921, Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly, How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Harper & Brothers

Origin

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