Salian
of, relating to, or designating a Frankish people who lived in the region of the Rhine near the North Sea.
a Salian Frank.
Origin of Salian
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How to use Salian in a sentence
Even as late as the middle of the tenth century we hear of "Goths, Romans, and Salians" as more or less distinct.
Women of Medival France | Pierce ButlerThe next five years were employed by this precocious genius of barbarian craft in strengthening his kingship among the Salians.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorIt is true that they may have been Christianized by time—but so were the Salians of Clovis.
The Ethnology of Europe | Robert Gordon LathamOf all these Frankish tribes one especially was to become prominent, the tribe of the Salians.
British Dictionary definitions for Salian
/ (ˈseɪlɪən) /
denoting or relating to a group of Franks (the Salii) who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century ad and later conquered large areas of Gaul, esp in the north
a member of this group
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