Ripuarian
[ rip-yoo-air-ee-uh n ]
/ ˌrɪp yuˈɛər i ən /
adjective
designating or pertaining to a group of Franks who lived along the Rhine in the neighborhood of Cologne during the 4th century or the code of laws observed by them.
noun
a Ripuarian Frank.
Origin of Ripuarian
1775–85; < Medieval Latin
Ripuāri(us) +
-an
Example sentences from the Web for ripuarian
He began with the most powerful of the tribes, the Ripuarian Franks.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume GuizotFrom the end of the fifth century Cologne belonged to the Franks and was long occupied by the Ripuarian kings.
Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera |Charles M. Taylor, Jr.Among the Ripuarian Franks, a free woman thus disgracing herself, was girt with a sword and a distaff.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 |John Lothrop MotleyThe later law of the Ripuarian Franks treats it more distinctly from the former point of view.
The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for ripuarian
Ripuarian
/ (ˌrɪpjʊˈɛərɪən) /
adjective
- of or relating to the group of Franks who lived during the 4th century near Cologne along the Rhine
- of or designating their code of laws
noun
a Ripuarian Frank
Word Origin for Ripuarian
C18: from Medieval Latin
Ripuārius, perhaps from Latin
rīpa a river bank