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Sa⋅lique

  [suh-leek, sal-ik, sey-lik]
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–adjective
Salic.

Sal⋅ic

  [sal-ik, sey-lik]
–adjective
of or pertaining to the Salian Franks.
Also, Salique.

Origin:
1540–50; < ML Salicus, equiv. to LL Sal(iī) (pl.) tribal name + -icus -ic
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Sa·lic   (sā'lĭk, sāl'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the Salian Franks.

  2. Of or relating to the Salic law or to the legal code of the Salian Franks.


[French salique, from Medieval Latin Salicus, from Late Latin Saliī, the Salian Franks.]
Sa·lique   (sā'lĭk, sāl'ĭk, sā-lēk')   
adj.  Variant of Salic.
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Word Origin & History

Salic 
1548, from Fr. Salique, from M.L. Salicus, from the Salian Franks, a tribe that once lived near the Zuider Zee, the ancestors of the Merovingian kings, lit. "those living near the river Sala" (modern Ijssel). Salic Law, code of law of Gmc. tribes, was invoked 1316 by Philip V of France to exclude a woman from succeeding to the throne of France (and later to combate the French claims of Edward III of England), but the precise meaning of the passage is unclear.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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