Ripuarian

American  

[rip-yoo-air-ee-uhn] / ˌrɪp yuˈɛər i ən /

adjective

1. 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.

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noun

1. a Ripuarian Frank.

Ripuarian British  

/ ˌrɪpjʊˈɛərɪən /

adjective

1. 1. of or relating to the group of Franks who lived during the 4th century near Cologne along the Rhine

   2. of or designating their code of laws

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noun

1. a Ripuarian Frank

Etymology

Origin of Ripuarian

1775–85; < Medieval Latin Ripuāri ( us ) + -an

Example Sentences

He had united to the Roman troops the barbarians who had occupied Gaul, the Visigoths under Theodoric, the Saxons, the Burgundians, the Ripuarian and the Salian Franks.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Between the fifth and the ninth centuries we get the Visigothic, Burgundian, Salic, Ripuarian, Alemannic, Lombardian, Bavarian, Frisian, Saxon, and Thuringian law books.

From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur

Such are the Salic, the Ripuarian, the Alemannic, the Burgundian, the Visigothic, and the Lombard laws.

From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles

Clovis, son of Childeric, King of the Ripuarian Franks, in 496 A. D. conquered the last Roman stronghold at Soissons, and, having married a Burgundian princess, Clotilda, was induced to accept Christianity.

From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche

In his expedition against the Arians, he had found a faithful ally in his relative Sighebert, the old and infirm king of the Ripuarian Franks.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole