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Salic
[ sal-ik, sey-lik ]
adjective
- of or relating to the Salian Franks.
salic
1/ ˈsælɪk; ˈseɪ- /
adjective
- (of rocks and minerals) having a high content of silica and alumina
Salic
2/ ˈsælɪk; ˈseɪlɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to the Salian Franks or the Salic law
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Origin of Salic1
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Example Sentences
I say, that unluckily there exists in France a law they call the Salic law, which destroys all our pretensions.
Then, for 240 years your ancestors had already had a right to the throne before the Salic law was invented.
This circumstance greatly disturbed the kings mind; he observed, that the Salic law had made no provision for such a case.
Then we talked of intervention in Spain, then of the Salic Law and in fact of everything that is occupying people just now.
If some one has tried to teach you a little history, you will perhaps think that this is the Salic law.
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