Karolingian

English

Etymology

Karoling +‎ -ian

Adjective

Karolingian (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of Carolingian
    • 1886, William Stubbs, The Early Plantagenets, London, page 85:
      [...] and in Germany since the very beginning of the Karolingian empire such cases had been frequent.
    • 1899, The Conquest of England, page 271:
      [...] the Karolingian house and the house of Robert the Strong.
    • 1900, Gaillard Thomas Lapsley, The County Palatine of Durham, page 4:
      Under the Karolingian rulers the office of the comes palatii undergoes considerable development, as a result of the increased and increasing predominance of royal law and justice.

Noun

Karolingian (plural Karolingians)

  1. Alternative spelling of Carolingian
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