Salian

[ sey-lee-uh n, seyl-yuh n ]

/ ˈseɪ li ən, ˈseɪl yən /

adjective

of, relating to, or designating a Frankish people who lived in the region of the Rhine near the North Sea.

noun

a Salian Frank.

Origin of Salian

1605–15; < Late Latin Sali(ī) (plural) tribal name + -an

Example sentences from the Web for salian

The Ripuarians really lost nothing by accepting the Salian king.

The Chief Periods of European History |Edward A. Freeman
Among the Romans, too, there were sacred dances: the Salian and Lupercalian being named as of that kind.

Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I |Herbert Spencer
Clovis was fifteen or sixteen years old when he became king of the Salian Franks of Tournai.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4 |Various
For five years the young Salian chieftain lived in peace with his neighbours.

Theodoric the Goth |Thomas Hodgkin

One Childeric, whose career opens in saga and ends in history, was king or hereditary leader of a part of the Salian Franks.

The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for salian

Salian

/ (ˈseɪlɪən) /

adjective

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

noun

a member of this group

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Salian

adjective

noun

Origin of Salian

Example sentences from the Web for salian

British Dictionary definitions for salian

adjective

noun