merovingian

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noun a member of the Merovingian dynasty
noun a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750
adjective of or relating to the Merovingian dynasty or its members

It was from Merovaeus that the line of French kings known as Merovingians received their name. — The Story of Eclipses, George F. (George Frederick) Chambers
From the Merovingians dates the Louvre des Champs, the hostile, militant Louvre, with its high wood and stone tower, familiar only in old engravings. — Royal Palaces and Parks of France, M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
There were some of the Polish princes who were benignant and merciful, but the great majority of them, like the Merovingian and Carlovingian princes of the Dark Ages, were unfit to reign, were the slaves of superstition, and the tools of designing priests. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John

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