carolingian
IPA: kɛrʌɫˈɪndʒiʌn
Root Word: Carolingian
noun
- Any member of a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the seventh century.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the dynasty that ruled parts of western Europe from the 7th to the 9th centuries.
- A style of script: Carolingian minuscule
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Examples of "carolingian" in Sentences
- Andreas saw the Carolingian Empire as a unity.
- In the Carolingian renaissance there was an upturn.
- The Carolingians overpowered the Merovingian kings.
- For his part the pope legitimized the Carolingians.
- It is the most sumptuous surviving Carolingian Bible.
- The end of Carolingians marked the beginning of feudalism.
- The Merovingians and Carolingian where Kings of the Franks.
- The Ottonian dynasty replaced the Carolingians in the East.
- Especially valuable is the Carolingian door lintel in the tower.
- The Carolingians displaced the Merovingians as the ruling dynasty.