Carlingian

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A form of Carolingian — Of or pertaining to the Carolings, the members of a Frankish dynasty, descended from Charles Martel, which arose from the Pippinid and Arnulfingian clans in the 7th century and ruled parts of western Europe until the 9th century, reaching its peak under Martel's grandson Charlemagne.

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Meanings

adjectiveCarlingian (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Carolingian

    [...] the Carlingian and Salian emperors, [...]

    1935, The Catholic Historical Review, page 164
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    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

Origin

Carling + -ian

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