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Belgic

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[bel-jik] / ˈbɛl dʒɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Belgae.

  2. Belgian.


Etymology

Origin of Belgic

1580–90; < Latin belgicus. See Belgae, -ic


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The Belgic Confession agreed indeed that these books should be read in church, and proof passages taken from them, in so far as they were in accord with the canonical Scriptures.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

Wherever the Belgic tribes spread themselves, the art of weaving was established.

From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford

An important step was taken when Buccleuch, at the instigation of “the powers that be,” drafted off large numbers of the “broken men” to the Belgic wars.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland

The Nervii, Bellovaci, Suessiones, Remi, Morini, Menapii and Aduatuci were Belgic tribes; the Tarbelli and others were Aquitani; while the Allobroges inhabited the north of the Provincia, having been conquered in 121 B.C.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

She insisted that all natives, before getting a situation, should be baptized and have signed the Belgic Confession, and many who fulfilled these conditions remained as they had been before.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

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