Carlingian

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Carolingian alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "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."

Example

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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."

Etymology

Carling + -ian

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