Gratian
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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She and a male lemur, Gratian, mated and produced five offspring at the zoo.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021
British army, alarmed by the inroads of barbarians, and actuated by a spirit of revolt against Roman authority, set up three local emperors in rapid succession: Marcus, Gratian, and Constantine.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
In a short time after this, he arrived to such greatness and wealth that he feared nobody, and possessed the kingdom until the reign of Gratian and Valentinian.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
The edict of Gratian lays down that it should be exorcized and blessed by the priest and sprinkled with exorcized salt.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
At the same time his nephew Gratian, a gallant young prince who had succeeded to the Empire of the West, set forth through Pannonia to bring aid to the lands of the Lower Danube.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
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