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Car⋅o⋅lin⋅gi⋅an

  [kar-uh-lin-jee-uhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Frankish dynasty that reigned in France a.d. 751–987, first under Charlemagne, and in Germany until a.d. 911.
2. pertaining to or designating the arts, script, or culture of the Carolingian period, chiefly characterized by a revival of the forms of classical antiquity modified by ecclesiastical requirements: Carolingian renaissance.
–noun
3. a member of the Carolingian dynasty. Abbreviation: Carol.
Also, Carlovingian, Carolinian.

Origin:
1880–85; re-formation of earlier Carlovingian (conformed to ML Carolus Magnus Charlemagne) < F carlovingien, equiv. to ML Car(o)l(us) + F -ovingien, extracted from mérovingien Merovingian
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Carolingian 
1881, "belonging to the dynasty founded by Carl the Great" (Fr. Charlemagne), from L. carolus "Charles;" properly Carlovingian (1781), from Fr. Carlovingien.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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